Ongoing ethical issues concerning authorship in biomedical journals: An integrative review

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 4837-4846

  Kornhaber, Rachel Anne ^a,b   McLean, Loyola M ^c,d,e   Baber, Rodney J ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Bioethics; Equal credit; Ghost; Honorary; ICMJE

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; EQUAL CREDITED AUTHOR; GHOST AUTHORSHIP; HONORARY AUTHORSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; WRITING; ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

SCOPUS;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84938320578     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S87585     Document Type: Review

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