Marusic M, Bozikov J, Katavic V, Hren D, Kljakovic-Gaspic M, Marusic A "Authorship in a small medical journal: A study of contributorship statements by corresponding authors" Science and Engineering Ethics, 10 (3): 493-502 JUL 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address :
Vedran Katavic :   vkatavic at mef.hr


Title: Authorship in a small medical journal: A study of contributorship
statements by corresponding authors

Author(s): Marusic M, Bozikov J, Katavic V, Hren D, Kljakovic-Gaspic M,
Marusic A

Source: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS 10 (3): 493-502 JUL 2004

Cited References: 38

Abstract:
The authorship criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) are widely accepted in biomedical journals, but many studies
in large and prestigious journals show that a considerable proportion of
authors do not fulfill these criteria. We investigated authorship.
contributions in a small medical journal outside the scientific mainstream,
to see if poor adherence to authorship criteria is common in biomedical
journals. We analyzed statements on research contribution, as checked by the
corresponding author, for individual authors of 114 research articles,
representing 475 authors, submitted to the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ)
from 1999 to 2000. Only 40% of authors fulfilled the ICMJE authorship
criteria. The authors listed first on the by-line were more likely to
fulfill the authorship criteria than all other authors on the by-line. The
percentage of authors fulfilling the ICMJE criteria of authorship decreased
with the increase in the number of authors listed on the by-line. These
results indicate that poor adherence to ICMJE authorship criteria is poor
across biomedical journals, regardless of the size of the scientific
community. Authorship and contributorship in biomedical journals, as well as
editorial ethical responsibilities towards authorship criteria need critical
redefinition and education of both editors and authors.

Addresses: Katavic V (reprint author), Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Anat,
Salata 11, Zagreb, HR-10000 Croatia
Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Dept Anat, Zagreb, HR-10000 Croatia


Publisher: OPRAGEN PUBLICATIONS, PO BOX 54, GUILDFORD GU1 2YF, SURREY, ENGLAND

IDS Number: 847PJ
ISSN: 1353-3452

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