background: the purpose of this study was to detect the prevalence of ghost and honorary authors and its determinant factors in bio-medical journals of iran. methods: the study was done in 2009-10 in tehran, kerman, and iran medical universities, iran.  we contacted the first or corresponding authors of the papers had published papers in the recent two issues of iranian journal of public health...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to detect the prevalence of ghost and honorary authors and its determinant factors in bio-medical journals of Iran. METHODS The study was done in 2009-10 in Tehran, Kerman, and Iran Medical Universities, Iran. We contacted the first or corresponding authors of the papers had published papers in the recent two issues of Iranian Journal of Public Health,...

6 © Royal College of Physicians 2017. All rights reserved. Author: A consultant forensic physician and specialist in forensic and legal medicine, honorary consultant in emergency medicine, St George’s Hospital, London, UK; honorary clinical senior lecturer, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, London, UK; president, Faculty of Forensic and L...

Honorary authorship is when a scientist has been listed as co-author without significant contribution to the manuscript. Although unethical, honorary on rise. The motive behind it different for scientists at stages of their career. It helps juniors get more publications and thereby have faster promotions probably better employment opportunities. For advanced in careers, getting scientific recog...

Dzhoshkun Ismail Shakir1,2, Luis Carlos García-Peraza-Herrera1, Pankaj Daga1, Tom Doel1,2, Matthew J. Clarkson1, Sébastien Ourselin1 and Tom Vercauteren1 1 Translational Imaging Group, CMIC, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, GB 2 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GB Corresponding author: Dzhoshkun Ismail Shakir, Research...

Ian D Maidment (corresponding author), Senior Pharmacist, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent. Corresponding address – Pharmacy Department, Eastern and Area Coastal Office, St Martin’s Hospital, Littlebourne Rd., Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1AZ, UK Telephone / fax – 01227 812203. Email – ian.maidment@n...

Author details Department of Biostatistics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT, East Prescott Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK. Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology & Honorary Consultant, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK. Department of Biochemistry, Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT, East...

Free Access Test yourself Barbara J. Bain MBBS, FRACP, FRCPath, FRCPath Professor of Diagnostic Haematology Honorary Consultant Haematologist St Mary's Hospital Campus Imperial College, London Hospital, College Healthcare NHS Trust, LondonSearch for more papers by this author Book Author(s):Barbara First published: 10 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394179756.oth AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest...

Craig Sharp is Professor of Sports Science at the School of PE and Sport at Brunel University / UK. He is author and co-author of a wide variety of publications about Sports, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Immunology. In 1998 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Sports Science at the University of Stirling, and to UK Athletics Doping Policy Committee. Craig Sharp ran crosscountry for Scot...