On Authors and Contributors

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Abstract
It is the responsibility of every person listed as the author of an article published in the Journal to have contributed in a meaningful and identifiable way to the design, performance, analysis, and reporting of the work. The specific requirements for authorship promulgated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which have been adopted by many biomedical journals, are posted on its Web site at http://www.icmje.org. By extension of this reasoning, it is logical that those who meet the criteria for authorship not be excluded as authors. However, our current editorial policy limits to 12 the number of authors whose names can be printed under the title of an article.1 With advances in medical research, investigators with a broader range of skills than were required in the past are often needed to take new ideas from the bench to the bedside and to conduct large clinical trials. For this reason, we are modifying our policy on the number of authors we will list. Beginning with this issue of the Journal, we will no longer place a limit on the number of authors listed under the title.

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