Authorship, plagiarism and conflict of interest: views and practices from low/middle-income country health researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To document low/middle-income country (LMIC) health researchers' views about authorship, redundant publication, plagiarism and conflicts of interest and how common poor practice was in their institutions.

Design

We developed a questionnaire based on scenarios about authorship, redundant publication, plagiarism and conflicts of interest. We asked participants whether the described practices were acceptable and whether these behaviours were common at their institutions. We conducted in-depth interviews with respondents who agreed to be interviewed.

Participants

We invited 607 corresponding authors of Cochrane reviews working in LMICs. From the 583 emails delivered, we obtained 199 responses (34%). We carried out in-depth interviews with 15 respondents.

Res

SUBMITTER: Rohwer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719292 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature