Punyani Silky Rajesh, Deshpande Ashwini
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, People's Dental Academy, Bhopal, India.
J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2018 Sep-Dec;8(3):151-153. doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2016.05.001. Epub 2016 May 20.
There is a great deal of enthusiasm amongst the contemporary dental academicians and researchers to publish their research findings and interesting cases. The competitive atmosphere has fostered a 'publish or perish' sentiment following which authors sideline certain essential and valid concepts in authorship and at times resort to unethical behavior knowingly or unknowingly to expand their publication list.
We attempted to assess the current knowledge of the Indian dental teaching faculty regarding some important basic concepts in scientific authorship by means of a questionnaire-based pilot study. The respondents were asked questions pertaining to their knowledge of terms such as "authorship criteria", "conflict of interest", "plagiarism", and other authorship issues.
Our findings suggested significant lacunae regarding the authors' understanding of important basic concepts in scientific writing.
We suggest possible measures to address this concern and also aim to survey a larger section of the academia in the future.
当代牙科院士和研究人员热衷于发表他们的研究成果和有趣的病例。竞争氛围催生了一种“不发表就出局”的情绪，在此之后，作者们将某些基本且有效的署名概念搁置一旁，有时有意或无意地采取不道德行为来扩充他们的发表列表。
我们试图通过一项基于问卷调查的试点研究，评估印度牙科教师对科学署名中一些重要基本概念的当前认知。向受访者询问了与他们对“署名标准”“利益冲突”“剽窃”等术语以及其他署名问题的了解相关的问题。
我们的研究结果表明，作者对科学写作中重要基本概念的理解存在重大缺陷。
我们提出了应对这一问题的可能措施，并打算在未来对更大范围的学术界进行调查。
