Publication bias towards Western populations harms humanity

Priti Mulimani ()
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Priti Mulimani: University of Washington

Nature Human Behaviour, 2019, vol. 3, issue 10, 1026-1027

Abstract: Priti Mulimani, a health-care professional and PhD student, highlights how pressure to publish in high-impact journals that are biased towards research on Western populations obstructs pivotal research on the majority of the world’s population.

Date: 2019
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