Table 5.

Attributes that increase the chances of acceptance for publication in good quality journals.

Attribute	n (% of respondents) N = 326
Well-written manuscript	248 (76.1)
Improvement in the quality of research	228 (69.9)
Multidisciplinary research	140 (42.9)
Having collaborator/coauthor from developed country	120 (36.8)
Sound publication record	86 (26.4)
Total responses*	822

*The number of responses (822) exceeds the number of respondents (326) because majority of respondents selected more than one attribute.

All corresponding authors from the less-developed countries were asked to identify the measures that can increases the chances of acceptance of their manuscript.