… First, because we limited our analysis to prestigious United States general medical journals,
our findings may not generalize to other disciplines, countries, journals or time periods. …

… understand changes in the distribution of authorship among … the top 15 journals by impact
factor for 9 medical specialties (… aberrant citation patterns leading to elevated citation rates.24 …

… Significant changes in authorship patterns and characteristics of articles were observed
from 1989 to 2009. We found an increase in the number of authors per article over time, with …

… Mussurakis [8] evaluated authorship patterns in 12 leading radiology journals and … definition
of authorship and have been adopted by many prestigious medical journals, including AJR …

… changes in first author qualifications found in the current study, especially the increase in
first authors with a bachelor’s degree, possibly show increased competition among medical …

… authorship is greatest in those with lower academic rank. Not … , whether changes in research
complexity, in particular shifts … study designs, can explain long-term increases in authorship …

… article, we compared rates of change over time in the mean … analyzed yearly authorship
trends for 16 medical journals (Table … Analysis of publication patterns failed to show a significant …

… in the US had, on average, more publications than those who … investigate changes in
authorship occurring in the Journal of … first authorship, which is sequentially followed in rank until …

… Bibliometric studies are important to understand changes and … sports medicine/arthroscopy
journals, the American Journal … Although authorship patterns are a changing phenomenon, in …

… academic medicine, it is crucial to comprehend the changes … Publications that did not contain
an author were excluded as … , BONE is in the top 10% of all research journals. Impact factor …