Table 1 Type of articles before and after the 2011 Syrian conflict, n (%)
Total (N = 1138) n% | Pre-conflict (N = 312) n% | In-conflict (N = 826) n% | p-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of article | News | 72 (6.3) | 6 (1.9) | 66 (7.9) | < 0.001 |
Editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces | 154 (13.5) | 19 (6.0) | 135 (16.3) | ||
Primary research | 619 (54.4) | 212 (67.9) | 407 (49.2) | ||
Secondary research | 125 (11.0) | 31 (9.9) | 94 (11.3) | ||
Letter to editor | 53 (4.7) | 6 (1.9) | 47 (5.6) | ||
Research letter | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | ||
Report | 29 (2.6) | 8 (2.5) | 21 (2.5) | ||
Conference proceeding | 65 (5.7) | 25 (8.0) | 40 (4.8) | ||
Other | 18 (1.6) | 4 (1.2) | 14 (1.6) |