South America

Inequality in academic publishing: Latin American researchers against the odds

Researchers from Latin America have been facing many obstacles in science, ranging fromlimited research funding to language barriers, and in recent years the increase in pay-to-publish journals. Journals use a variety of models to meet their income …

A georeferenced rRNA amplicon database of aquatic microbiomes from South america

The biogeography of bacterial communities is a key topic in Microbial Ecology. Regarding continental water, most studies are carried out in the northern hemisphere, leaving a gap on microorganism’s diversity patterns on a global scale. South America …