Academic promotion policies and equity in global health collaborations

When global health researchers in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) collaborate with academics in high-income countries (HICs), these partnerships often result in disproportionate benefits for the HIC researchers who gain more opportunities for authorship, more prominent authorship positions, more opportunities to present at conferences, and more funding for administrative and student support for LMIC colleagues. [...]equitable engagement of LMIC collaborators and unfair research practices, such as parachuting or parasitic research,4 should be highlighted. [...]authorship that is based on real collaboration should be incentivised.