Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist?

Al‐Herz, Waleed; Haider, Hani H.; Al-Bahhar, Mahmoud; Sadeq, Adnan

doi:10.1136/medethics-2012-101311

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“…Nevertheless, the incomplete response rate is an obvious limitation of the current study. Other recent questionnaires with email invitations among biomedical researchers have obtained response rates between 16 and 53% [26][27][28]. Reasons for the relatively low response rate may be the length of the questionnaire, as well as its complexity (i.e.…”

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The brain-computer interface researcher’s questionnaire: from research to application

Vansteensel

Kristo

Aarnoutse

et al. 2017

Brain-Computer Interfaces

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Over the last decades, the brain-computer interface (BCI) research field has seen steep progress and now recognizes several types of applications, each with its own target population. Despite this evolution, BCIs seem to remain a research application, and are hardly used in daily life at home, work or in the clinic. Therefore, as a field, we need to take the next step and make sure that we develop BCIs that can, and will, be used outside the laboratory. To this purpose, BCI researchers worldwide were approached by email with the request to fill out a questionnaire, aimed at laying out the near and far future of the BCI field. We show that researchers are quite optimistic about the feasibility of having BCIs applied in real life. Also, we identify the hurdles that need to be taken before these applications become commercial products and the research activities required to accomplish this.

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The brain-computer interface researcher’s questionnaire: from research to application

Vansteensel

Kristo

Aarnoutse

et al. 2017

Brain-Computer Interfaces

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“…In respected medical journals it is estimated at 21%, and that number may be much higher in less prominent journals and in certain countries [5] . In a self-reported study 33% of corresponding authors admitted to having honorary authors, and that the practice was found to be more common in Europe and Asia [6] . Wager [7] performed an observational study on prolific authors and found an egregious case in which one author was named on a paper every 10 days.…”

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The Problem of Gift and Honorary Authorship - Who is an Author?

Gadre

2017

Int Adv Otol

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“…• "guest/gift/honorific authors" 10 (individuals given authorship credit who have not contributed in any substantive way to the research but are added to the author list by virtue of their stature in the organization);…”

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Transparency in Authors’ Contributions and Responsibilities to Promote Integrity in Scientific Publication

McNutt

Bradford²,

Drazen

et al. 2017

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In keeping with the growing movement in scientific publishing toward transparency in data and methods, we argue that the names of authors accompanying journal articles should provide insight into who is responsible for which contributions, a process should exist to confirm that the list is complete, clearly articulated standards should establish whether and when the contributions of an individual justify authorship credit, and those involved in the generation of scientific knowledge should follow these best practices.

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Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist?

Abstract: Honorary authorship is relatively common in biomedical publications. Researchers should comply with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors' criteria for authorship.

Cited by 77 publications

References 17 publications

The brain-computer interface researcher’s questionnaire: from research to application

The brain-computer interface researcher’s questionnaire: from research to application

The Problem of Gift and Honorary Authorship - Who is an Author?

Transparency in Authors’ Contributions and Responsibilities to Promote Integrity in Scientific Publication

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