Ethical Co-Authorship
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has set out guidance on the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals since 1978. The 2022 version recognises that “authorship confers credit and has important academic, social and financial implications” as well as implying “responsibility and accountability for published work.”
In Misuse of Co-authorship in Medical PhD Theses in Scandinavia: A Questionnaire Survey, published in the Journal of Academic Ethics, Gert Helgesson, Søren Holm, Lone Bredahl, Bjørn Hofmann and Niklas Juth survey the experiences and attitudes to authorship in Ph.D. theses in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The article makes difficult but important reading. It points to a high level of acceptance and support for the ICMJE recommendations but a perpetuation of poor authorship practices. Continue reading "Ethical Co-Authorship"
