Unconsented acknowledgments as a form of authorship abuse: What can be done about it?
Author : Mladen Koljatic Unwelcome or unconsented acknowledgments is an unethical practice seldom addressed. It constitutes a form of authorship abuse perpetrat...
Étiquette : Publication ethics
Correcting duplicate publications: follow up study of MEDLINE tagged duplications
Authors : Mario Malički, Ana Utrobičić, Ana Marušić Introduction As MEDLINE indexers tag similar articles as duplicates even when journals have not addressed th...
Biomedical authors’ awareness of publication ethics: an international survey
Authors : Sara Schroter, Jason Roberts, Elizabeth Loder, Donald B Penzien, Sarah Mahadeo, Timothy T Houle Objective The extent to which biomedical authors have ...
How to counter undeserving authorship
Authors: Stefan Eriksson, Tove Godskesen, Lars Andersson, Gert Helgesson The average number of authors listed on contributions to scientific journals has increa...
Improving the Measurement of Scientific Success by Reporting a Self-Citation Index
Authors : JustinW. Flatt, Alessandro Blasimme, Effy Vayena Who among the many researchers is most likely to usher in a new era of scientific breakthroughs? This...
The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics
Authors : Stefan Eriksson, Gert Helgesson This paper describes and discusses the phenomenon ‘predatory publishing’, in relation to both academic journals and bo...