Credit where credit is due? Regulation, research integrity and the attribution of authorship in the health sciences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1458-1465

  Street, Jackie M ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^b,c   Israel, Mark ^d,e   Braunack Mayer, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic; Australia; Authorship; Behavioural norms; Misconduct; Publishing; Research integrity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ETHICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PUBLISHING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MISCONDUCT; PATENT; PUBLISHING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST; WRITING;

AUSTRALIA; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNIVERSITIES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950954415     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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