Authorship equity guidelines in global health journals | BMJ Global Health

"Summary box Prior studies have demonstrated substantial under-representation of authors affiliated with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) when studies are conducted in LMICs. Despite most global health specialty journals including general authorship guidelines such as those put forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, only 17.8% of global health specialty journals included specific language regarding local authorship representation in research conducted in LMICs. The adoption of guidelines to promote equitable authorship practices in work conducted in LMICs by journals is a necessary initial step towards reducing authorship disparities in global health research and decolonising global health authorship...."