PubMed · 9019801
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J Knight. 1997-01-24. Multiple authorship.. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5299.461
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CONTEXT: Disputes associated with achieving recognition for work done may affect both morale and subsequent resource allocation to medical researchers. OBJECTIVE: To assess authorship disputes brought to the Ombuds Office. SETTING: The Ombuds Office, Harvard Medical School, Dental School, School of Public Health, and affiliated hospitals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change in number of queries related to authorship between 1991 to 1992 and 1996 to 1997. RESULTS: Disputes increased from 8 (2.3%) of 355 issues brought to the office in 1991 to 1992 to 59 (10.7%) of 551 issues in 1996 to 1997. They also increased from involving 0.06% of the total population of faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the schools in 1991 to 1992 to 0.33% of the total population in 1996 to 1997. Such problems appear to occur more often for women (53% of complaints in 1994-1995 through 1996-1997) and for non-US citizens (21 % of complaints in 1991-1992 through 1996-1997). CONCLUSIONS: Authorship disputes are increasingly frequent. Institutions should increase enforcement of published authorship standards and place more emphasis on managerial skills for laboratory and research department heads.
CONTEXT: Although criteria justifying authorship of scientific medical articles have been formulated, it is not well known how authorship is established in practice. OBJECTIVES: To assess the criteria for authorship used by authors of original articles in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (NTVG, the Dutch Journal of Medicine), and to determine whether the criteria for authorship of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) are known and applied. DESIGN: Survey questionnaire. SETTING: Editorial office of the NTVG. PARTICIPANTS: All 450 authors of 115 original articles published in 1995. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Author's contribution to study design, material, collection of data, statistics, and writing. RESULTS: Of 362 forms returned, 352 could be analyzed (78.2% response rate). The 5 questions most frequently answered affirmatively were ICMJE criteria: critical reading (86.1 % of the authors), approval of the final version (84.7%), study design (74.7%), study conception (64.2%), and revision (63.4%). Authors rated their contribution 2 points higher than did their coauthors. Interestingly, 64% of the respondents met the ICMJE criteria, although 60% of the respondents did not know them. CONCLUSION: Authorship was mostly in accordance with ICMJE criteria although many authors were not familiar with them.