Bmc Med Ethics
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Comparative Study
Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals.
It is widely acknowledged that there is a global divide on health care and health research known as the 10/90 divide. ⋯ There is a marked under-representation of countries in high-impact general medical journals. The ethical implications of this inequity and ways of reducing it are discussed.