Reason | n (% of respondents) N = 250 |
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Biased attitude of reviewers and editors against authors from developing countries | 162 (64.8) |
Poor writing skills | 132 (52.8) |
Reviewers and Editors do not trust data generated in developing countries | 100 (40.0) |
Quality of research is not good in developing countries | 78 (31.2) |
Lack of funding and other resources | 74 (29.6) |
Unimpressive publication record of the authors | 42 (16.8) |
Lack of generalisibility of results | 18 (7.2) |
Total responses* | 606 |