Naslov
: Authorship Criteria and Contributions Disclosure: Comparison of Three General Medical Journals with Different Author Contribution Forms

Autori
Bates, Tamara ; Anić, Ante ; Marušić, Matko ; Marušić, Ana

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

Izvornik
Office for Research Integrity - Research Conference on Research Integrity: Book of Abstracts / - , 2005

Skup
Office for Research Integrity - Research Conference on Research Integrity

Mjesto i datum
San Diego (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 13.11.2005. - 15.11.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
authorship; journal; scientific

Sažetak
Objective. To determine the number of named authors who do not meet ICMJE criteria for authorship in 3 medical journals with different contribution disclosure practices. Method. Observational study of stated authors&#8217; contributions in research articles published in 2002 volumes of Annals of Internal Medicine (n=72), BMJ (n=107), and JAMA (n=81). BMJ asks authors to describe research contributions in their own words ; Annals asks authors to choose from a list of coded contributions, and JAMA uses structured checklist with instructions on contributions qualifying for ICMJE criteria. Honorary authorship was defined as the lack of contribution from the first ICMJE criteria (study conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data) and/or second (drafting the article or critical revision for important intellectual content) ICMJE criterion. Results. The number of honorary authors was highest in Annals (121/562 authors, 21.5%), followed by BMJ (46/482, 9.5%), and JAMA (3/641, 0.5%) (&#967; 2=146.67, df=2, P<.0001). The number of articles with honorary authors was 60% in Annals, 21% in BMJ, and 4% in JAMA. In all 3 journals, honorary authors had fewer published contributions than authors who met ICMJE criteria and were positioned more towards the end of the byline. Honorary authors either lacked contributions for both ICMJE criteria (10% in Annals and 22% in BMJ), or contributions to the second ICMJE criterion (75% in Annals, 67% in BMJ, and 2 out of 3 in JAMA). Conclusions. General medical journals differed in prevalence of honorary authors according to published research contributions. Different authorship/contributorship policies and procedures should be explored as a possible explanation for the differences in contributions disclosed by authors among these journals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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