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Unique Challenges Faced by Global Developmental Scientists During Peer-Review: A Survey Study.
Bobby K Cheon1, Rowena Garcia2,3,4, Dana Basnight-Brown5
1Division of Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Developmental Science
|March 11, 2026
Summary
Global developmental scientists face peer-review challenges that devalue their research. These obstacles may hinder the advancement of generalizability and replicability in developmental science worldwide.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Science
- Psychology
- Global Research
Background:
- Advancing developmental science requires diverse contexts and wide dissemination.
- Researchers outside the USA (non-USA based) face peer-review obstacles in mainstream journals.
- USA-based research benefits from global perspectives.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate peer-review challenges faced by non-USA based global developmental scientists.
- To understand how peer-review processes may devalue globally relevant research aspects.
- To gather recommendations for improving peer-review practices.
Main Methods:
- Online survey of 229 non-USA based global developmental scientists.
- Assessment of expected and actual changes devaluing global aspects of research.
- Analysis of free-response qualitative data.
Main Results:
- High incidence of peer-review comments questioning or minimizing globally relevant research aspects.
- Participants frequently felt the need to alter or downplay global aspects, more than requested.
- Anticipated or internalized devaluation of global research was suggested.
Conclusions:
- Non-USA based researchers encounter unique peer-review challenges.
- These challenges may discourage global developmental research, impacting generalizability and replicability.
- Addressing these issues can strengthen developmental science by integrating diverse insights.
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