[Ict4d] Fwd: [PLOS ONE Discourse] [News from PLOS] Announcing a new PLOS policy on inclusion in global research

[Hussein Suleman]

fyi, PLOS announces anti-parachute-research policy!

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Hussein Suleman, PhD
Head of Department and Professor
Department of Computer Science, School of IT, University of Cape Town
www.husseinsspace.com


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Subject: 	[PLOS ONE Discourse] [News from PLOS] Announcing a new PLOS 
policy on inclusion in global research
Date: 	Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:18:30 +0000
From: 	Emily Chenette via PLOS ONE Discourse <plos at discoursemail.com>
Reply-To: 	PLOS ONE Discourse 
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To: 	hussein at cs.uct.ac.za



[echenette] 	echenette <https://one.editors.plos.org/u/echenette> Emily 
Chenette
September 27

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Today, we are taking further steps to bring equity to publishing by 
launching a new policy to improve transparency in the reporting of 
research that is conducted in other countries or communities. Some 
global research has been criticized as being “parachute research” also 
known as “helicopter” or “neo-colonial science”. This occurs when 
researchers travel to under-resourced communities, conduct their 
research, and leave, often with little or poor understanding or 
involvement of the communities they studied, and few direct benefits to 
local participants.

This policy 
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/best-practices-in-research-reporting>, 
implemented across all PLOS journals, aims to improve reporting of 
global research. Authors conducting research of this nature may be asked 
to complete a questionnaire that outlines ethical, cultural, and 
scientific considerations specific to inclusivity in global research. 
The questionnaire also asks authors conducting research without local 
authors why none have been included on the authorship list. A reminder 
of the PLOS criteria for authorship 
<https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/s/authorship> is also included, 
which states that all individuals who meet these criteria should be 
included in the author byline, rather than in the acknowledgements.

Read more on The Official PLOS Blog 
<https://theplosblog.plos.org/2021/09/announcing-a-new-plos-policy-on-inclusion-in-global-research/>.

Review the Inclusivity in Global Research 
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/best-practices-in-research-reporting#loc-inclusivity-in-global-research> 
policy.


     What does it mean for Academic Editors?

Authors of relevant research articles may be asked to complete an 
additional questionnaire outlining ethical, cultural, and scientific 
considerations specific to inclusivity in global research. The 
questionnaire can also be requested at the journal’s or at your 
discretion for any submission.

If requested, the completed questionnaire should be uploaded as a 
Supporting Information file and will be published with the manuscript. A 
copy of the questionnaire on inclusivity in global research can be found 
on the policy 
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/best-practices-in-research-reporting#loc-inclusivity-in-global-research> 
page.

To request that the authors submit a questionnaire, please write to us 
at plosone at plos.org <mailto:plosone at plos.org>.
I look forward to seeing these published in our journal soon.

All my best,
Emily Chenette, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, /PLOS ONE/

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p.s. Watch our recorded discussion *Inclusion in global research: 
preventing ‘parachute science.’*

https://vimeo.com/601067345 <https://vimeo.com/601067345>

Featuring:

–Leo Anthony Celi, Clinical Research Director and Principal Research 
Scientist, Laboratory for Computational Physiology, MIT; 
Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Digital Health
–Emily Chenette, Editor-in-Chief, PLOS ONE, PLOS @echenette 
<https://one.editors.plos.org/u/echenette>
–Thumbi Ndung’u, Professor, Africa Health Research Institute
–George Vousden, Division Editor, PLOS ONE, PLOS @gvousden 
<https://one.editors.plos.org/u/gvousden>

…in conversation on “parachute science”, and developing policies around 
transparency in the reporting of research performed outside of 
researchers’ own countries or communities.

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