Naslov
In the Eye of the Beholder: Contribution Disclosure Practices and Inappropriate Authorship

Autori
Marušić, Ana ; Bates, Tamara ; Anić, Ana ; Ilakovac, Vesna ; Marušić, Matko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication / - , 2005

Skup
5. International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical publication

Mjesto i datum
Chicago (IL), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 16.09.2005. - 18.09.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
authorship; ICMJE; contribution disclosure

Sažetak
Objective: To determine the effects of contribution disclosure form structure on number of authors not meeting criteria of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and to analyze authors' contributions for the same article declared first by corresponding author and then by individual authors. Design: In a single-blind randomized controlled trial, 1462 authors of 332 manuscripts submitted to the Croatian Medical Journal were sent three different contribution disclosure forms: open-ended ; categorical – with 11 possible contribution choices, and instructional – instructing how many contributions are needed to satisfy individual ICMJE criteria. Main outcome measure was the number of authors not satisfying ICMJE criteria (honorary authors). In a separate study, corresponding authors of 201 submitted articles, representing 919 authors, received contribution disclosure forms with 11 possible contribution choices to declare contributions of all authors. The same form was then sent to each individual author, including corresponding author. Results: In the randomized trial, group answering instructional form had significantly fewer authors whose reported contributions did not satisfy ICMJE criteria (18.7%) than groups answering categorical (62.8%) or open-ended (54.7%) form (χ 22=210.833, P<0.0001). All authors answering open-ended form, regardless of their compliance with authorship criteria, reported significantly fewer contributions (median 3 [95% confidence interval=3-3]) than authors responding to either the categorical (4 [4-4] ; z score=-7.1899, P<0.0001) or instructional form (4 [4-5] ; z score=-13.9760, P<0.0001). Honorary authors answering instructional form reported more contributions (3 [3-3]) than those answering either categorical (2 [2-3], z score=2.7637, P=0.0057) or open-ended form (2 [2-2], z score=3.3773, P=0.0007). Most honorary authors (39.9%) lacked only the third ICMJE criterion (final approval of manuscript). In the second study, 201 (28.0%) out of 718 non-corresponding authors met all three ICMJE criteria according to corresponding author’ s statement, compared with 287 (40.0%) individual authors declarations (exact McNemar test, S=48.658, df=1, P<0.0001). Disclosure forms filled out twice by corresponding authors for the same manuscript disagreed in 140 (69.3%) cases. Conclusions: Contribution disclosure form structure significantly influences number of contributions reported by authors and their compliance with ICMJE authorship criteria. Discrepancy between what corresponding authors declare on two separate occasions about their own contributions to the same manuscript indicate that recall bias may be one of the confounding factors of responsible authorship practices. Journal editors should be aware of the cognitive aspects of survey methodology when they construct self-reports about behavior, such as contribution disclosure forms.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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