Hello Netrumians, Surprised to see that there's not a single post throughout the day. Come on friends, come out from the mood of new year celebrations, we have...
Hello all, As per the definition of authorship adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors(ICMJE) [1997], someone is an author if and...
... we ... Dear Dr. Smita Sontakke Authorship is the main core of publication Ethics. So, Editors should consider all the participants of research in...
Friends, Please go through the attached article which mentions the Criteria for Authorship at five Peer reviewed Journals– JAMA, Nature, Medical Education,...
... is ... meet ... for ... Dear friends In my opinion the order of authorship consider the principal investigators first others supportive groups second etc ...
Dear Bizuayehu Nigatu, Your concern about junior researchers not getting their true credit as far as authorship is concerned is worthwhile. As already...
Hi, Even I do not like to gift authroship to anyone, anymore. In my early teaching and research carreer I did err in gifting it to my HODs and friends -who...
Rightly said Sir, this practice needs to be stopped. There may be some people who may not find anything wrong in giving gift-authorship. But, the thing is that...
Hi, I have been a peer reviewer for half a dozen prestigious national and international journals, since many years. I find it challending job to come upto the...
Hello Everybody, While discussing about authorship issues one more important aspect that needs to be mentioned is "Conflict of interest". It is the authors'...
Hello mam, Editors can also have conflicts of interest, and members of the editorial board (just like authors and reviewers) should be required to declare any...
Something more about peer-review: * Editors should consider objectively monitoring the performance of peer reviewers/editorial board members and should ignore...
Dear Dr Smita, Some authors gift authorship to their spouses or family members who might not even be aware that such a study was even conducted. Â These types...
Ghost writing is sometimes considered to be a practice in which any of us with money/grants can hire someone with writing skills to write our paper for us and...
Swapneel has very well mentioned about the conflicts of interest which need to be declared by editors/members of editorial board. Â Editors should also seek...
Good Morning Everybody, As we continue the already going on discussion on various aspects concerned with publication ethics, let's simultaneously move further ...
Hi, Well said and accepted. "Authorship also should not given under threat or fear of a senior". True but not practiced. How many of us keep the HODs at bay? I...
Hi, I have heard the accusations against the current team of Indian Journal of Pharmacology (IJP) that they solicit editorials from industry. Yes, I have read...
Hi, Rakesh has very explicitly stated the meaning of Ghost –writing. For naming a person as a ghost writer we need to know what should be the criteria for...
Vigilant review of the manuscript by members of the editorial board/Reviewers can help to detect many cases of disputed authorship. How ? Let's have a look. In...
Dear Dr. Smita Sontakke: Thanks a lot for initiating a highly desirable and pertinent topic of discussion. This topic concerns us all and we all need to be...
Hi Anupama, Â So nice to hear from you. I was waiting for ur post from the very 1st day. Â Â The advantages of scientific authorship are well known. It is...
Sir, I completely agree. But, its not only about seeking subjective articles from industry. The question is whether to seek such articles from any person...
Dear ALL, Authorship of scientific publication is certainly topical and comments and issues raised will continue to border on individual experience as well as...
Dear Dr. Geer, Nice to have u participating in the discussion. As far as the example quoted by you is concerned, in my opinion the student was right in...