Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries

The developing world in The New England Journal of Medicine

“…In recent years. the BMJ and the Lancet have materially increased coverage of health issues in the developing world [ 5 ].…”

“…Leading international medical journals underreport on health research priorities for developing countries. A significant transatlantic disparity has been noted, with the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and The Lancet providing four times more coverage of diseases affecting primarily poor countries than the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) or the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) [ 5 ].…”

Parasites, People and Policy: Infectious Diseases and the Millennium Development Goals

“…Diseases (2) Basic Research on Diseases of the Poor. Table 2 shows the results of a study of research papers published in four leading medical journals in 2002 and 2003 (Raja and Singer, 2004). The study assessed the overall proportion of papers relating to diseases of importance to developing countries.…”

Is the UK Contribution to Published Clinical Otolaryngology Research Changing?

“…This may be due to increased output from departments in other countries 20,21 and the need for journals to remain relevant to an international medical readership. 22 The increased availability of online article submission facilitates authors' access to leading journals and may have attracted contributions by non-UK centres.…”