Honorary authorship in health sciences: a protocol for a systematic review of survey research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Honorary authorship refers to the practice of naming an individual who has made little or no contribution to a publication as an author. Honorary authorship inflates the output estimates of honorary authors and deflates the value of the work by authors who truly merit authorship. This manuscript presents the protocol for a systematic review that will assess the prevalence of five honorary authorship issues in health sciences.

Methods

Surveys of authors of scientific publications in health sciences that assess prevalence estimates will be eligible. No selection criteria will be set for the time point for measuring outcomes, the setting, the language of the publication, and the publication status. Eligible manuscripts are searched from inception onwards in PubMed, L

SUBMITTER: Meursinge Reynders R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8978359 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature