School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Feb 23;5(2):e002323. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002323. eCollection 2020.
The contextual knowledge and local expertise that researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) contribute to studies in these settings enrich the research process and subsequent publications. However, health researchers from LMICs are under-represented in the scientific literature. Distally, power imbalances between LMICs and high-income countries, which provide funding and set priorities for research in LMICs, create structural inequities that inhibit these authors from publishing. More proximally, researchers from LMICs often lack formal training in research project management and in publishing peer-reviewed research. Though academic journals may value research from LMICs conducted by local researchers, they have limited time and financial resources to support writing, causing them to reject manuscripts with promising results if they lack development. Pre-Publication Support Service (PREPSS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation that works to meet this need. PREPSS provides onsite training, peer-review and copy editing services to researchers in LMICs who wish to publish their health research in peer-reviewed journals. Authors are not charged for these services. After receiving PREPSS services, authors submit their manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. The PREPSS model is one of many interventions necessary to restructure global health research to better support health researchers in LMICs and reduce current power imbalances.
来自中低收入国家（LMICs）的研究人员为这些环境中的研究做出的背景知识和本地专业知识贡献丰富了研究过程和随后的出版物。然而，来自 LMICs 的健康研究人员在科学文献中的代表性不足。从远处看，提供资金并为 LMICs 的研究设定优先事项的 LMICs 和高收入国家之间的权力不平衡，造成了结构性不平等，阻碍了这些作者的出版。更接近的是，来自 LMICs 的研究人员通常缺乏研究项目管理和发表同行评议研究的正式培训。尽管学术期刊可能重视由当地研究人员进行的来自 LMICs 的研究，但他们的时间和财务资源有限，无法支持写作，如果手稿缺乏发展，他们可能会拒绝有希望的结果。出版前支持服务（PREPSS）是非营利性非政府组织，致力于满足这一需求。PREPSS 为希望在同行评议期刊上发表健康研究的 LMICs 研究人员提供现场培训、同行评审和复制编辑服务。这些服务不向作者收费。在接受 PREPSS 服务后，作者将其手稿提交给同行评议期刊。PREPSS 模式是许多必要的干预措施之一，旨在重构全球健康研究，以更好地支持 LMICs 的健康研究人员，并减少当前的权力不平衡。
