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Problems With Indexing and Citation of Articles With Group Authorship

JAMAPublished 5 June 2002
Kay Dickersin
Citations37
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.35
SNIP10.71

TL;DR

Indexing systems are not optimally adapted to group authorship and it is recommended that indexing services change their practices to include group authors in the author field to help correct the problem.

Abstract

Indexing systems are not optimally adapted to group authorship. We recommend that indexing services change their practices to include group authors in the author field to help correct the problem.

Keywords

Decision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology