Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities
ABSTRACT Early-career researchers from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and small U.S. universities are underrepresented in international scientific databases. They have geographical importance, infectious disease endemicity, and exceptional researchers in microbiology, but these factors do...
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| description | ABSTRACT Early-career researchers from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and small U.S. universities are underrepresented in international scientific databases. They have geographical importance, infectious disease endemicity, and exceptional researchers in microbiology, but these factors do not translate to representation in high-impact scientific publications. Many reasons could be involved, including financial burdens such as the inability to pay article processing charges. Additional teaching, institutional, and service responsibilities also highly influence their research productivity. Despite this, they are expected to publish high-impact articles, and their career development highly depends on it. There is an opportunity for global peer collaboration to tackle this inequity and uplift underrepresented scientists, which will ultimately provide benefits and sustainability to the global microbial sciences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a28b41fccbe14a359eff22ff929b05222025-08-20T02:09:10ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymBio2150-75112025-06-0116610.1128/mbio.00238-25Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universitiesDaniela Cejas0Fatima Rodriguez Acosta1Juan Rivera-Correa2Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, ParaguayBiological Sciences Department, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, New York, New York, USAABSTRACT Early-career researchers from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and small U.S. universities are underrepresented in international scientific databases. They have geographical importance, infectious disease endemicity, and exceptional researchers in microbiology, but these factors do not translate to representation in high-impact scientific publications. Many reasons could be involved, including financial burdens such as the inability to pay article processing charges. Additional teaching, institutional, and service responsibilities also highly influence their research productivity. Despite this, they are expected to publish high-impact articles, and their career development highly depends on it. There is an opportunity for global peer collaboration to tackle this inequity and uplift underrepresented scientists, which will ultimately provide benefits and sustainability to the global microbial sciences.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00238-25Latin Americasmall U.S. universitiesearly-career researchers |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Cejas Fatima Rodriguez Acosta Juan Rivera-Correa Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities mBio Latin America small U.S. universities early-career researchers |
| title | Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities |
| title_full | Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities |
| title_fullStr | Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities |
| title_short | Common challenges faced by early-career researchers in Latin American and small U.S. universities |
| title_sort | common challenges faced by early career researchers in latin american and small u s universities |
| topic | Latin America small U.S. universities early-career researchers |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00238-25 |
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