Selected aspects of authorship of biomedical publications. Literature review and own study

Abstract

The increasing complexity and multidisciplinarity of scientific research make teamwork a necessity. Research teams are getting larger, which means that the number of authors reported in publications is also increasing. This generates debates in the scientific community about the meaning and recognition of authorship. This paper presents selected authorship issues that may not be known outside the medical and related sciences community.

Keywords

• authorship
• authorship position
• hyperauthorship
• first author
• corresponding author
• last author
• senior author
• equal contribution
• equal contributor
• icmje
• author credit
• author responsibility
• author inflation