Survey of fulfilment of criteria for authorship in published medical research
- 3 December 1994
- Vol. 309 (6967) , 1482
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1482
Abstract
I sent a questionnaire to the first authors of all research papers that had three or seven or more authors and were published in five consecutive issues of a peer reviewed general medical journal in 1993. The questionnaire listed 16 types of contribution towards setting up a study and submitting the results for publication without indicating their importance in satisfying the international criteria for authorship; it asked the first author to tick what each of the coauthors had contributed and assured confidentiality. The table shows the contributions and whether they fulfil the criteria.Keywords
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