Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey
BMJPublished 25 October 2011Open access
Joseph Wislar, Annette Flanagin, Phil Fontanarosa, Catherine D. DeAngelis
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Evidence of honorary and ghost authorship in 21% of articles published in major medical journals in 2008 suggests that increased efforts by scientific journals, individual authors, and academic institutions are essential to promote responsibility, accountability, and transparency in authorship, and to maintain integrity in scientific publication.
Abstract
Evidence of honorary and ghost authorship in 21% of articles published in major medical journals in 2008 suggests that increased efforts by scientific journals, individual authors, and academic institutions are essential to promote responsibility, accountability, and transparency in authorship, and to maintain integrity in scientific publication.
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Decision SciencesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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