Controversies related to the concept and practice of responsible authorship and its misuse
have been among the most prominent issues discussed in the recent literature on research …

Authorship problems in scholarly journals shake the foundations of research, diminish
scientific quality of papers and devalue records of citation tracking services. The 'Publish or …

Health professionals publishing within the field of health sciences continue to experience
issues concerning appropriate authorship, which have clinical, ethical, and academic …

This paper examines authorship misconduct: practices such as gift, guest, honorary and
ghost authorship (excluding plagiarism) that involve inappropriate attribution of authorship …

Unfair authorship in scientific publications is one of the most common types of violations of
publication ethics, which is associated either with the unfair inclusion among authors of …

Background Ghostwriting of industry-sponsored articles is unethical and is perceived to be
common practice. Objective To systematically review how evidence for the prevalence of …

Background The joy and pride felt by a young researcher of being listed as an author in a
published article could turn into sadness and disappointment if the work, he/she significantly …

Despite the widely used author contribution criteria, unethical authorship practices such as
guest, ghost, and honorary authorship remain largely unsolved. We have identified six major …

Publication ethics principles became one of the main aspects of conducting scientific
research and presenting its results. Publication ethics challenges cover a wide range of …

Authorship is a central element of scientific research carrying a variety of rewards and
responsibilities, and while various guidelines exist, actual author contributions are often …