Brief Research ReportPublished 30 September 2026Meritocracy in Brazil, China and USA: identifying inconsistencies in the Preference for the Merit Principle Scale through Exploratory Graph AnalysisLuciano Rossoni · Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Santiago · Luíza Marques do Valle · Kauê Brandão Bezerra · Marcos Henrique Rodrigues FormigaFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1720286