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Limiting authorship in Indian Pediatrics: an initiative to curb gift authorship.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17277430     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Indian Pediatrics limited the number of authorship to 5, 4 and 2 for Brief Reports (BR), Case Reports (CR), and Letters to the Editor (LE), respectively from January 2003, to curb gift authorship. To analyze the impact of this policy, a comparative analysis was conducted for years 2002-2004. Mean (SD) number of authors was comparable for the three categories over 2002-2004 [BR: 4.2(1.7), 3.8(1.4), 3.9(1.5); CR: 3.3(0.8), 3.3(0.8), 3.2(0.8); LE: 2.1(1.3), 1.9(0.9), 1.8(0.5); P > 0.05]. There was a significant reduction in the number of Senior authors during 2003-2004, as compared to 2002 (P > 0.05). The policy resulted in fewer authorship credits for Senior authors.
Authors:
Piyush Gupta; Bhawna Sharma; Panna Choudhury
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Indian pediatrics     Volume:  44     ISSN:  0019-6061     ISO Abbreviation:  Indian Pediatr     Publication Date:  2007 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-05     Completed Date:  2007-03-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985062R     Medline TA:  Indian Pediatr     Country:  India    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  37-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110 095, India. drpiyush@satyam.net.in
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Authorship*
Humans
India
Periodicals as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Publishing / statistics & numerical data*

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