Honorary Authorship: Is There Any Chance to Stop It? Analysis of the Literature and a Personal Opinion
Emilio Quaia, Filippo Crimì
Abstract
Honorary authorship corresponds to the intentional misrepresentation of credit to an individual whose contributions to a biomedical article do not meet the criteria for authorship established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) [...].
Topics & Concepts
MisrepresentationMedical journalPsychologyPolitical scienceSociologyLawMedicineFamily medicineBiomedical Ethics and RegulationAcademic Publishing and Open AccessPharmaceutical industry and healthcare