Published evidence about bias against research from lower income countries: can we do something about it?

Resumen

We have always suspected it. Many colleagues, doctor friends and researchers from Latin American countries keep mentioning how di cult it is for them to publish articles in international journals, especially in high im- pact factor ones. Was this because their research came from lower-income countries (LICs)? Maybe. Is it ea- sier for research coming from higher-income countries (HICs) to be accepted in journals? Probably. We never knew for sure whether this was true but nally there is research demonstrating that there is indeed bias aga- inst research from lower-income countries.