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US science journals show bias against Chinese authors, study finds

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A recent study analyzed over 110,000 manuscripts submitted to Science and Science Advances between 2015 and 2020. The findings indicate that researchers based in China or with Chinese surnames faced significantly lower acceptance rates compared to their US and Canadian counterparts. Specifically, only 2.5% of submissions from China-based researchers were accepted, versus 8.3% from North America. The study also noted that even among US-based scientists, those with Chinese surnames had lower publication rates. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    Top US science journals more likely to reject paper by Chinese authors: study

    Researchers based in China or having a Chinese surname were far less likely than their US and Canadian counterparts to have papers published in the world’s most prestigious journals, according to a new study. Just 2.5 per cent of submissions from China-based researchers were acce…

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