A systematic review of research on the meaning, ethics and practices of authorship across scholarly disciplines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate evidence about authorship issues and provide synthesis of research on authorship across all research fields.

Methods

We searched bibliographical databases to identify articles describing empirical quantitive or qualitative research from all scholarly fields on different aspects of authorship. Search was limited to original articles and reviews.

Results

The final sample consisted of 123 articles reporting results from 118 studies. Most studies came for biomedical and health research fields and social sciences. Study design was usually a survey (53%) or descriptive study (27%); only 2 studies used randomized design. We identified four 4 general themes common to all research disciplines: authorship percepti

SUBMITTER: Marusic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3169533 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature