耳鼻喉科住院医师申请人中的发表论文造假行为。

Publication misrepresentation among otolaryngology residency applicants.

机构信息

Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

出版信息

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Dec;143(6):815-9. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.08.054.

DOI:10.1016/j.otohns.2010.08.054

PMID:21109083

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the extent of research publication misrepresentation among otolaryngology residency applicants and to determine applicant attributes associated with misrepresentation.

STUDY DESIGN

Prospective study.

SETTING

A single otolaryngology residency program.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) applications to the incoming 2010 class of an otolaryngology residency program were reviewed for peer-reviewed journal publications reported as "provisionally accepted," "accepted," or "in print." Publications were verified by searching PubMed, Google Scholar, and electronic journals. Applicants with remaining unverified publications were e-mailed before announcing interviews. Erroneously reported or unverifiable publications were considered misrepresented.

RESULTS

There were 432 publications reported by 173 of 325 applicants (53.2%). Twenty-two publications (5.1%) were misrepresented by 17 applicants (9.8%). Contacting applicants verified 26 publications and identified 10 errors. Seven publications were inappropriately reported as provisionally accepted, three articles were not peer-reviewed, and applicants were erroneously listed as first author on two publications. Ten publications remained unverifiable. Multivariate logistic regression models showed that being an international medical graduate (P = 0.002) and male gender (P = 0.040) were predictors of misrepresentation after adjusting for potential confounders. Among international medical graduates alone, no attributes were associated with misrepresentation. All U.S. applicants with misrepresented publications were male (P = 0.033) and were from a medical school not ranked in the top 50 by U.S. News & World Report for research (P = 0.002) or primary care (P = 0.018).

CONCLUSION

Misrepresentation of research experience exists among otolaryngology residency applicants. ERAS should develop standardized definitions for publication statuses to help reduce inadvertent misrepresentation.

摘要

目的

评估耳鼻喉科住院医师申请人在研究发表方面的造假程度，并确定与造假相关的申请人特征。

研究设计

前瞻性研究。

设置

一个耳鼻喉科住院医师培训项目。

受试者和方法

对耳鼻喉科住院医师培训项目 2010 届即将入学的学员的电子住院医师申请服务（ERAS）申请进行了审查，以确定报告的同行评审期刊出版物为“暂定接受”、“接受”或“已出版”。通过搜索 PubMed、Google Scholar 和电子期刊来验证出版物。在宣布面试之前，向仍有未验证出版物的申请人发送电子邮件。被认为是错误报告或无法核实的出版物被视为有代表性。

结果

在 325 名申请人中的 173 名报告了 432 篇出版物（53.2%）。有 17 名申请人（9.8%）的 22 篇出版物（5.1%）被造假。联系申请人核实了 26 篇出版物，并发现了 10 个错误。有 7 篇出版物被不恰当地报告为暂定接受，3 篇文章未经同行评审，申请人在两篇出版物上被错误地列为第一作者。仍有 10 篇出版物无法核实。多变量逻辑回归模型表明，在调整了潜在混杂因素后，国际医学毕业生（P = 0.002）和男性（P = 0.040）是造假的预测因素。在国际医学毕业生中，没有特征与造假相关。所有有代表性的出版物的男性申请人（P = 0.033）都来自美国新闻与世界报道在研究方面排名前 50 名以外的医学院（P = 0.002）或初级保健（P = 0.018）。