Authorship issues in multi-centre clinical trials: the importance of making an authorship contract

TY - JOUR

T1 - Authorship issues in multi-centre clinical trials

T2 - the importance of making an authorship contract

AU - Rosenberg, Jacob

AU - Burcharth, Jakob

AU - Pommergaard, Hans-Christian

AU - Vinther, Siri

PY - 2015/2

Y1 - 2015/2

N2 - Discussions about authorship often arise in multi-centre clinical trials. Such trials may involve up to hundreds of contributors of whom some will eventually co-author the final publication. It is, however, often impossible to involve all contributors in the manuscript process sufficiently for them to qualify for authorship as defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Therefore, rules for authorship in multi-centre trials are strongly recommended. We propose two contracts to prevent conflicts regarding authorship; both are freely available for use without pay but with reference to the original source.

AB - Discussions about authorship often arise in multi-centre clinical trials. Such trials may involve up to hundreds of contributors of whom some will eventually co-author the final publication. It is, however, often impossible to involve all contributors in the manuscript process sufficiently for them to qualify for authorship as defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Therefore, rules for authorship in multi-centre trials are strongly recommended. We propose two contracts to prevent conflicts regarding authorship; both are freely available for use without pay but with reference to the original source.

KW - Authorship

KW - Contracts

KW - Humans

KW - Multicenter Studies as Topic

KW - Publishing

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25634509

SN - 2245-1919

VL - 62

SP - 1

EP - 3

JO - Danish Medical Journal

JF - Danish Medical Journal

IS - 2

M1 - A5009

ER -