Authorship misconduct: professional misconduct in editorial handling of authorship

Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg; Adrian Regli; Bojana Stepanovic; Karin Becke-Jakob

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.08.015

Authorship misconduct: professional misconduct in editorial handling of authorship

Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Adrian Regli, Bojana Stepanovic, Karin Becke-Jakob

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Abstract

Authorship provides academic recognition for substantial intellectual contributions to scholarly articles. Beyond recognition, authorship has become a form of currency within the academic community, acting as an indicator of academic output and thus influencing standing within an institution and the general medical community. It might further impact salary as well as job and research grant funding opportunities. Unfortunately, this emphasis on authorship has also been linked to instances of misconduct. We discuss our personal experience with editorial misconduct hoping to highlight the issue and thereby increase awareness and peer-to-peer control to reduce future authorship misconduct and to encourage others to speak up.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1134-1136
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Anaesthesia
Volume	133
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.08.015
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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