Quantification of authors' contributions and eligibility for authorship: Randomized study in a general medical journal

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1303-1310

  Ivaniš, Ana ^a   Hren, Darko ^a   Sambunjak, Dario ^a   Marušić, Matko ^a   Marušić, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Contribution disclosure form; International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; CROATIA; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 50049120770     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0599-8     Document Type: Article

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