Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey.
Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey.
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高影响生物医学期刊的荣誉和幽灵作者身份：横断面调查。
DOI：
10.1136/bmj.d6128
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发表时间：
2011-10-25
期刊：
影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Deangelis CD
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文献类型：
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作者：
Wislar JS;Flanagin A;Fontanarosa PB;Deangelis CD
目的了解2008年6种主要全科医学期刊的名誉作者和幽灵作者的分布情况，并与1996年发表的论文作者报告的分布情况进行比较。使用基于网络的调查问卷设计横断面调查。设置期刊作者的国际调查。受试者抽样了2008年发表在6种影响因子较高的一般医学期刊上的896篇研究文章、综述文章和编辑/观点文章的通讯作者：《内科医学年鉴》、《美国医学会杂志》、《柳叶刀》、《自然医学》、《新英格兰医学杂志》和《公共科学图书馆·医学》。主要观察指标自报符合国际医学期刊编辑委员会(ICMJE)标准的入选文章的所有作者的作者身份。结果896名通讯作者中，有630名(70.3%)回答了问题。有名誉作者和/或幽灵作者的论文比例为21.0%(95%CI为18.0%至24.3%)，较1996年的29.2%有所下降(P=0.004)。根据545份关于荣誉作者的回复，有96篇论文(17.6%(95%可信区间14.6%至21.0%))具有荣誉作者(按期刊分类的范围为12.2%至29.3%)，与1996年(19.3%；P=0.439)相比变化不大。根据622篇关于鬼影作者的回复，有49篇论文(7.9%(6.0%至10.3%))有鬼影作者(按期刊计算范围为2.1%至11.0%)，较1996年(11.5%；P=0.023)显著下降。荣誉作者在研究报告、评论和社论中的发生率分别为25.0%、15.0%和11.2%，而幽灵作者的发生率分别为11.9%、6.0%和5.3%。结论2008年在主要医学期刊上发表的论文中有21%有荣誉作者和幽灵作者的证据，这表明科学期刊、个人作者和学术机构的努力对于促进作者的责任感、问责制和透明度以及维护科学出版物的完整性至关重要。
Objectives To assess the prevalence of honorary and ghost authors in six leading general medical journals in 2008 and compare this with the prevalence reported by authors of articles published in 1996. Design Cross sectional survey using a web based questionnaire. Setting International survey of journal authors. Participants Sample of corresponding authors of 896 research articles, review articles, and editorial/opinion articles published in six general medical journals with high impact factors in 2008: Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, Lancet, Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, and PLoS Medicine. Main outcome measures Self reported compliance with International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for all authors on the selected articles. Results A total of 630/896 (70.3%) corresponding authors responded to the survey. The prevalence of articles with honorary authorship or ghost authorship, or both, was 21.0% (95% CI 18.0% to 24.3%), a decrease from 29.2% reported in 1996 (P=0.004). Based on 545 responses on honorary authorship, 96 articles (17.6% (95% CI 14.6% to 21.0%)) had honorary authors (range by journal 12.2% to 29.3%), a non-significant change from 1996 (19.3%; P=0.439). Based on 622 responses on ghost authorship, 49 articles (7.9% (6.0% to 10.3%)) had ghost authors (range by journal 2.1% to 11.0%), a significant decline from 1996 (11.5%; P=0.023). The prevalence of honorary authorship was 25.0% in original research reports, 15.0% in reviews, and 11.2% in editorials, whereas the prevalence of ghost authorship was 11.9% in research articles, 6.0% in reviews, and 5.3% in editorials. Conclusions 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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