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Table 2 What percentage weight would you give to each of the following outcome categories, in terms of their importance to overall research impact?

From: Global priorities for research and the relative importance of different research outcomes: an international Delphi survey of malaria research experts

Research outcome category

Round 1 (n = 54)

Round 2 (n = 49)

Mean value

Std. err.

Mean value

Std. err.

Contribution to knowledge

19.6

2.47

18.9

0.53

Benefits to future research and research use

17.3

1.06

16.6

0.43

Benefits from informing policy and product development

25.4

1.56

25.4

0.26

Health and health sector benefits

25.6

1.45

26.3

0.40

Broader economic benefits

12.0

1.04

12.9

0.42