Pitman, A; Underwood, R; Hamilton, A; Tyrer, P; Yang, M; (2019) Enhanced peer-review for optimising publication of biomedical papers submitted from low- and middle-income countries: feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open , 5 , Article e20. 10.1192/bjo.2018.89.

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Background Biomedical research from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is poorly represented in Western European and North American psychiatric journals. Aims To test the feasibility of trialling a capacity-building intervention to improve LMIC papers’ representation in biomedical journals. Method We designed an enhanced peer-review intervention delivered to LMIC corresponding/first authors of papers rejected by the British Journal of Psychiatry. We conducted a feasibility study, inviting consenting authors to be randomised to intervention versus none, measuring recruitment and retention rates, outcome completion and author/reviewer-rated acceptability. Results Of the 26/121 consenting to participate, 12 were randomised to the intervention and 14 to the control arms. Outcome completion was 100% but qualitative feedback from authors/reviewers was mixed, with attrition from 5/12 (42%) of intervention reviewers. Conclusions Low interest among eligible authors and variable participation of expert reviewers suggested low feasibility of a full trial and a need for intervention redesign. Declaration of interest A.P., P.T. and M.Y. are British Journal of Psychiatry editorial board members. During this study P.T. was British Journal of Psychiatry Editor, A.P. was a trainee editor and A.H. was an editorial assistant.

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