ABS: Carson, Disparities in the geographical distribution of authorship between invited and peer reviewed papers.

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AU Carson, DP
   Eagles, JM
TI Disparities in the geographical distribution of authorship
   between invited and peer reviewed papers
SO SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
NR 13
C1 Royal Cornhill Hosp, Cornhill Rd, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH, Scotland.
   Royal Cornhill Hosp, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH, Scotland.
ID JOURNALS
AB Fifty issues of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), The Lancet,
   The British Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine
   were scrutinised. Papers were designated as invited or peer
   reviewed and the geographical location of the first author was
   recorded. For UK-based authors, the latitude and longitude of
   the host institution was noted and was allocated to one of the
   UK regions. Of invited papers 805 of 1227 (66%) were by UK-
   based authors compared with 1442 of 2896 peer reviewed papers
   (50%), odds ratio 1.92 (95% CI 1.67 - 2.21) with a similar
   pattern prevailing in each of the four journals. Within the UK
   authorships of invited versus peer reviewed papers showed a
   preponderance of invited authors based in southeast England,
   odds ratio 1.30 (95% CI 1.09 - 1.56). For individual Journals,
   the Lancet and the British Journal of Psychiatry showed fewer
   regional disparities in authorship than the BMJ and
   Psychological Medicine. These disparities may lead to
   nationalism and parochiality in the content of invited papers.
   Journal editors may wish to review selection practices for
   authorship of invited papers.
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BP 149
EP 151
PG 3
JI Scott. Med. J.
PY 1999
PD OCT
VL 44
IS 5
GA 270BD
RP Eagles JM
   Royal Cornhill Hosp, Cornhill Rd, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH, Scotland.
J9 SCOT MED J
UT ISI:000084514800008
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