Importance of authorship and inappropriate authorship assignment in paediatric research in low- and middle-income countries

Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH
Chris A ReesMichelle Niescierenko

Abstract

To understand the importance of authorship and authorship position, and gauge perceptions of inappropriate authorship assignment, among authors publishing paediatric research conducted in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We conducted a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study using an online survey of both corresponding and randomly selected, non-corresponding authors who published research conducted in LMICs from 2006 to 2015 in the top four paediatric journals by Eigenfactor score. We used chi-square tests to compare responses by authors living in LMICs to authors living in high-income countries (HICs). We analysed qualitative responses using thematic analysis. Of 1420 potential respondents, 19.6% (n = 279) completed the survey. 57% (n = 159) lived in LMICs and 43% (n = 120) in HICs. LMIC authors more commonly perceived first authorship as most important for their academic advancement than HIC authors (74.2% vs. 60.8%, P = 0.017), while HIC authors reported last authorship as most important (25.1% vs. 38.3%, P = 0.018). 65% (n = 181) of respondents believed that their collaborators had been inappropriately assigned authorship positions (no difference in LMIC and HIC responses) and 32.6% (n = 91) reported personally accep...Continue Reading

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Jan 15, 2020·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Chris A ReesMichelle Niescierenko
May 26, 2021·BMJ Global Health·Bolajoko O OlusanyaFelix Akpojene Ogbo
Oct 16, 2021·BMJ Global Health·Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu, Seye Abimbola
Feb 12, 2021·Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine·C LogiouA Thevenon

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