Honorary authorships in leading gynecological literature

Chidi, I.; Meppelder, Catherina Annina; Ham, Kim van der; Verhemel, Alex; Gadjradj, Pravesh S.

doi:10.1080/01443615.2019.1678578

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“…Authorship in scientific publications documents research output and is conducive to one's career [1][2][3]. Authorship was labeled as one of the major currencies in science [4].…”

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Honorary authorship is highly prevalent in health sciences: systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

Reynders,

Riet,

Girolamo

et al. 2023

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of survey research was conducted to estimate honorary authorship prevalence in health sciences. We searched PubMed, Lens.org, and Dimensions.ai. until January 5 2023. Methodological quality was assessed and quantitative syntheses were conducted. Nineteen surveys were included and rated as having low methodological quality. We found a pooled prevalence of 26% [95% CI 21–31](6 surveys, 2,758 respondents) of researchers that perceived co-author(s) as honorary on the publication at issue (when they were not referred to any authorship criteria). That prevalence was 18% [95% CI 15–21](11 surveys, 4,272 respondents) when researchers were referred to Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship criteria, and 51% [95% CI 47–56](15 surveys, 5,111 respondents) when researchers were asked to declare their co-author(s) contributions on the publication at issue (and these were then compared to ICMJE criteria). 10% of researchers [95% CI 9–12](11 surveys, 3,663 respondents) reported being approached by others to include honorary author(s) on the publication at issue and 16% [95% CI 13–18](2 surveys, 823 respondents) admitted adding (an) honorary author(s). Survey research consistently indicates that honorary authorship in the health sciences is highly prevalent, however the quality of the surveys’ methods and reporting needs improvement. Registration and publication of the protocol. Our protocol was preregistered (https://osf.io/5nvar/) and published at: (https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-022-01928-1)

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“…Authorship in scientific publications documents research output and is conducive to one's career [1][2][3]. Authorship was labeled as one of the major currencies in science [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Honorary authorship is highly prevalent in health sciences: systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

Reynders,

Riet,

Girolamo

et al. 2023

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“…Gift authorship is where authorship is conferred as a gift, with or without an expectation of reciprocation from the recipient; this would include mutual agreements between two researchers (who do not work together) to add each other to their respective lists of authors, in order to increase their publication numbers, or where a researcher may feel obliged to provide authorship to current or former colleagues to repay help or mentorship received. These problems are widespread [9,10,13,14] and have been documented in numerous areas of medical research [15][16][17][18][19].…”

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Gift authorship: Look the gift horse in the mouth

Varghese¹,

Jacob²

2022

IJME

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Unmerited authorship in research papers is widely acknowledged to constitute research misconduct. In different contexts, it has been called “gift”, “honorary”, or “guest” authorship. Although several attempts have been made to address the issue, it remains a significant problem in research. In this paper, we discuss accepted criteria that qualify a person to be an author on a research publication and define what constitutes “gift authorship”. We also look at the scenario in India and try to identify the circumstances that have fostered this practice in academia in the country. Finally, we discuss the adverse effects of this practice on the research enterprise as a whole, and possible remedial measures.

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Honorary authorship is highly prevalent in health sciences: systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

Meursinge Reynders,

ter Riet,

Di Girolamo

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of survey research was conducted to estimate honorary authorship prevalence in health sciences. We searched PubMed, Lens.org, and Dimensions.ai. until January 5 2023. Methodological quality was assessed and quantitative syntheses were conducted. Nineteen surveys were included and rated as having low methodological quality. We found a pooled prevalence of 26% [95% CI 21–31] (6 surveys, 2758 respondents) of researchers that perceived co-author(s) as honorary on the publication at issue (when they were not referred to any authorship criteria). That prevalence was 18% [95% CI 15–21] (11 surveys, 4272 respondents) when researchers were referred to Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship criteria, and 51% [95% CI 47–56] (15 surveys, 5111 respondents) when researchers were asked to declare their co-author(s) contributions on the publication at issue (and these were then compared to ICMJE criteria). 10% of researchers [95% CI 9–12] (11 surveys, 3,663 respondents) reported being approached by others to include honorary author(s) on the publication at issue and 16% [95% CI 13–18] (2 surveys, 823 respondents) admitted adding (an) honorary author(s). Survey research consistently indicates that honorary authorship in the health sciences is highly prevalent, however the quality of the surveys’ methods and reporting needs improvement.

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Honorary authorships in leading gynecological literature

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Honorary authorship is highly prevalent in health sciences: systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

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Gift authorship: Look the gift horse in the mouth

Honorary authorship is highly prevalent in health sciences: systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys

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