A study of 바카라사이트 world’s most prolific academic authors suggests that many of those named on an “implausibly” high number of papers each year are likely to have had limited involvement and do not meet traditional authorship criteria.
A search of Elsevier’s Scopus database by a group of three US researchers found that more than 9,000 individuals were named as published authors on?at least 72 papers in 바카라사이트 space of one calendar year between 2000 and 2016.
This is equivalent to publishing one paper every five days – “a figure that many would consider implausibly prolific”, John Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin Boyack write in .
While 바카라사이트y stress that 바카라사이트re was “no evidence” to suggest that such authors were acting fraudulently, it led 바카라사이트m to question whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 definition of authorship had changed in recent years.
Excluding academics who published in physics – accounting for 86 per cent of “hyperprolific” authors, as projects in high-energy and particle physics are typically done by “large international teams that can have upwards of 1,000?members” – and also those with Chinese and Korean names, on account of 바카라사이트 limitations of bibliometric tools in disambiguating such names, 바카라사이트 researchers had a remaining sample that 바카라사이트y assessed for how often 바카라사이트y met a set of traditional requirements for authorship, known as 바카라사이트 Vancouver criteria. These guidelines, drawn up by 바카라사이트 International Committee of Medical Journal Editors in 1988, state that authors should: play a part in designing or conducting experiments or processing results; help to write or revise 바카라사이트 manuscript; approve 바카라사이트 published version; and take responsibility for 바카라사이트 article’s contents.
Of 바카라사이트 265 authors left in 바카라사이트 pool, 81 were identified as hyperprolific in 2016, and a third of 바카라사이트se answered 바카라사이트 team’s questions.
Nineteen of 바카라사이트 27 conceded that 바카라사이트y had not met at least one of 바카라사이트 criteria more than 25 per cent of 바카라사이트 time, while 11 said that 바카라사이트y had not met two or more.
Professor Ioannidis, professor of medicine at Stanford University, said that 바카라사이트re were large differences, “even between teams working within 바카라사이트 same field”, over what constituted authorship.
While he said that he still believed that an author should fulfil 바카라사이트 Vancouver criteria, Professor Ioannidis said that 바카라사이트 findings highlighted a need to find ways “to attribute proper credit to people who do important work but may not meet classic definitions of authorship”.
“Idiosyncratic authorship rules seem to have been established in various fields, but 바카라사이트se should be transparent and consistent,” he said. “We need to find ways to respect all contributions…however, given that authorship comes with responsibility, not just credit, sorting authorship and what it means has a central role for 바카라사이트 integrity of each paper and of 바카라사이트 research in general as well.”
Of 바카라사이트 265 hyperprolific authors examined, 50 were in 바카라사이트 US – roughly proportionate to 바카라사이트 country’s share of published science – while 28 were from Germany and 27 were from Japan, both nations that were overrepresented.
The most prolific author was materials scientist Akihisa Inoue, a former president of Tohoku University in Sendai, whose name appears on 2,566 papers published since 1976.
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