Enhanced peer-review for optimising publication of biomedical papers submitted from low- and middle-income countries: feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial.
Low and middle income countries
capacity building
feasibility study
peer review
randomized controlled trial
Journal
BJPsych open
ISSN: 2056-4724
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Open
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101667931
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
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Résumé
Biomedical research from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is poorly represented in Western European and North American psychiatric journals.AimsTo test the feasibility of trialling a capacity-building intervention to improve LMIC papers' representation in biomedical journals. We designed an enhanced peer-review intervention delivered to LMIC corresponding/first authors of papers rejected by the British Journal of Psychiatry. We conducted a feasibility study, inviting consenting authors to be randomised to intervention versus none, measuring recruitment and retention rates, outcome completion and author/reviewer-rated acceptability. Of the 26/121 consenting to participate, 12 were randomised to the intervention and 14 to the control arms. Outcome completion was 100% but qualitative feedback from authors/reviewers was mixed, with attrition from 5/12 (42%) of intervention reviewers. Low interest among eligible authors and variable participation of expert reviewers suggested low feasibility of a full trial and a need for intervention redesign.Declaration of interestA.P., P.T. and M.Y. are British Journal of Psychiatry editorial board members. During this study P.T. was British Journal of Psychiatry Editor, A.P. was a trainee editor and A.H. was an editorial assistant.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Biomedical research from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is poorly represented in Western European and North American psychiatric journals.AimsTo test the feasibility of trialling a capacity-building intervention to improve LMIC papers' representation in biomedical journals.
METHOD
METHODS
We designed an enhanced peer-review intervention delivered to LMIC corresponding/first authors of papers rejected by the British Journal of Psychiatry. We conducted a feasibility study, inviting consenting authors to be randomised to intervention versus none, measuring recruitment and retention rates, outcome completion and author/reviewer-rated acceptability.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of the 26/121 consenting to participate, 12 were randomised to the intervention and 14 to the control arms. Outcome completion was 100% but qualitative feedback from authors/reviewers was mixed, with attrition from 5/12 (42%) of intervention reviewers.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Low interest among eligible authors and variable participation of expert reviewers suggested low feasibility of a full trial and a need for intervention redesign.Declaration of interestA.P., P.T. and M.Y. are British Journal of Psychiatry editorial board members. During this study P.T. was British Journal of Psychiatry Editor, A.P. was a trainee editor and A.H. was an editorial assistant.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31068231
pii: S2056472418000893
doi: 10.1192/bjo.2018.89
pmc: PMC6401541
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e20Subventions
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : G0802441
Pays : United Kingdom
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
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