A Comprehensive Analysis of Authorship in Radiology Journals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of our study was to investigate authorship trends in radiology journals, and whether International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations have had an impact on these trends. A secondary objective was to explore other variables associated with authorship trends.

Methods

A retrospective, bibliometric analysis of 49 clinical radiology journals published from 1946-2013 was conducted. The following data was exported from MEDLINE (1946 to May 2014) for each article: authors' full name, year of publication, primary author institution information, language of publication and publication type. Microsoft Excel Visual Basics for Applications scripts were programmed to categorize extracted data. Statistical analysis was performed to determine

SUBMITTER: Dang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583466 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature