Kwok LS "The White Bull effect: abusive coauthorship and publication parasitism" Journal of Medical Ethics 31(9): 554-556 September 1, 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: cedrlan at hotmail.com

Title: The White Bull effect: abusive coauthorship and publication
parasitism

Author(s): Kwok LS

Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 31 (9): 554-556 SEP 1 2005

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 39      Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
Junior researchers can be abused and bullied by unscrupulous senior
collaborators. This article describes the profile of a type of serial
abuser, the White Bull, who uses his academic seniority to distort
authorship credit and who disguises his parasitism with carefully
premeditated deception. Further research into the personality traits of
such perpetrators is warranted.



Addresses: Kwok LS (reprint author), Eagle Eye Vis Consultants, 14 Bedford
St, Willoughby, 2068 Australia
Eagle Eye Vis Consultants, Willoughby, 2068 Australia

E-mail Addresses: cedrlan at hotmail.com

Publisher: B M J PUBLISHING GROUP, BRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK
SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND
Subject Category: SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS;
SOCIAL ISSUES
IDS Number: 959VJ

ISSN: 0306-6800

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