Ghost authors

Prevalence of articles with honorary authors and ghost authors in peer-reviewed medical journals.

CONTEXT Authorship in biomedical publications establishes accountability, responsibility, and credit. Misappropriation of authorship undermines the integrity of the authorship system, but accurate data on its prevalence are limited. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of articles with honorary authors (named authors who have not met authorship criteria) and ghost authors (individuals not n...

Appearance of ghost and gift authors in Ugeskrift for Læger and Danish Medical Journal.

INTRODUCTION Authorship should establish accountability and transparency, but previous research into authorship has demonstrated that authors do not always meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors' (ICMJE) authorship criteria. Yet, these studies have mainly focused on international, high-impact journals. The aim of the present study was to assess Danish authors' general autho...

Authors Index

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Authors Index

Authors Index

No abstract is available for this article.