ABSTRACT Suicide is a global public health problem, where about three‐fourths of the suicides happen in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs). However, there are disparities in gender and geographic distributions of authors, reviewers, and editors of suicidology. We aimed to see the gender and geographical distribution of researchers who publish extensively on suicide in the last 2 decades. We searched in Scopus with the search term “suicide” on early January 2025 and identified authors with more than 70 papers. We assessed the gender and geographical distribution of 154 authors from 25 countries and presented data descriptively. Most authors (73.4%) were male, located in USA (35%), and about 96% were located in high income countries (HICs). Among the continents, 41.6% authors were located in North America, and 38.3% were located in Europe. The analysis revealed a low proportion of female prolific authors and a low number of prolific suicidologist in LMICs in Scopus journals in the last 2 decades. However, considering the limitations such as small sample size, comparisons of proportions may have limited interpretability.
Arafat et al. (2026) studied this question.