Authorship in scientific publications: Analysis and recommendations

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Courvoisier, Thierry ^a   Hess, Christian W ^b   Brückner, Christian ^c   Kaiser, Tony ^d   Mauron, Alex ^e   Wahli, Walter ^f   Wenzel, Uwe Justus ^g   Salathé, Michelle ^h  

^a Haus der Akademien   (Switzerland)

^b Department of the Scientific Integrity Committee SAMS   (Switzerland)

^c SATW ^*  (Switzerland)

^d SATW   (Switzerland)

^e SCNAT   (Switzerland)

^f SAMS   (Switzerland)

^g SAHS   (Switzerland)

^h SAMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CONSENSUS; HONESTY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SCORING SYSTEM; WRITING; CONFLICT; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84923285972     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14108     Document Type: Article

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