Limiting authorship in Indian Pediatrics: an initiative to curb gift authorship.
Indian Pediatr
;
2007 Jan; 44(1): 37-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-10570
ABSTRACT
Indian Pediatrics limited the number of authorship to 5, 4 and 2 for Brief Reports (BR), Case Reports (CR), and Letters to the Editor (LE), respectively from January 2003, to curb gift authorship. To analyze the impact of this policy, a comparative analysis was conducted for years 2002-2004. Mean (SD) number of authors was comparable for the three categories over 2002-2004 [BR 4.2(1.7), 3.8(1.4), 3.9(1.5); CR 3.3(0.8), 3.3(0.8), 3.2(0.8); LE 2.1(1.3), 1.9(0.9), 1.8(0.5); P > 0.05]. There was a significant reduction in the number of Senior authors during 2003-2004, as compared to 2002 (P > 0.05). The policy resulted in fewer authorship credits for Senior authors.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
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Periodicals as Topic
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Publishing
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Authorship
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Humans
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India
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2007
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Article
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