Hardjosantoso Hannah C, Dahi Yalda, Verhemel Alex, Dahi Ingri, Gadjradj Pravesh S
Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus MC: University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
J Curr Ophthalmol. 2020 Apr 30;32(2):199-202. doi: 10.4103/JOCO.JOCO_104_20. eCollection 2020 Apr-Jun.
To report the prevalence of honorary authorship (HA) among different journals in the ophthalmological literature.
An online survey was conducted among corresponding authors of six journals with the highest impact factors in the ophthalmological field. The survey consists of questions regarding (1) demographics, (2) awareness of authorship guidelines, and (3) application of authorship guidelines on their current surveyed article. Furthermore, respondents were asked if they felt that according to their understanding of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJEs) guidelines, a coauthor on their current article did not deserve authorship (perceived HA). Furthermore, respondents were asked if coauthors performed solely nonauthor tasks (ICMJE-defined HA).
Out of the 1688 surveys sent, 333 were returned, leading to a response rate of 19.7%. Eighty-four and a half percent of all respondents were aware of the ICMJE guidelines. When deciding on order of authorship, most authors decided as a group (43.8%), followed by the senior author deciding (30.1%), and 77 articles were decided by the first author (23.4%). When asked if respondents believed that any of their coauthors did not make sufficient contributions to be included as an author, 8.8% affirmed. One hundred and thirty-one respondents stated that any of their coauthors performed only one or more nonauthor tasks, making the rate of ICMJE-defined HA 39.8%.
HA is present throughout all journals surveyed despite endorsement of the ICMJE guidelines by these same journals. The discrepancy between self-perceived HA and ICMJE-defined HA suggests the necessity for modifications to our authorship system or a contemporary revision to the ICMJE guidelines.
报告眼科文献中不同期刊的荣誉作者现象（HA）的发生率。
对眼科领域影响因子最高的六种期刊的通讯作者进行了在线调查。该调查包括以下方面的问题：（1）人口统计学信息；（2）对作者资格指南的了解情况；（3）作者资格指南在其当前被调查文章中的应用情况。此外，还询问了受访者，根据他们对国际医学期刊编辑委员会（ICMJE）指南的理解，他们认为其当前文章的共同作者是否不应获得作者资格（感知到的HA）。此外，还询问了受访者共同作者是否仅执行了非作者任务（ICMJE定义的HA）。
在发出的1688份调查问卷中，有333份被退回，回复率为19.7%。84.5%的受访者知晓ICMJE指南。在决定作者顺序时，大多数作者以团队形式决定（43.8%），其次是资深作者决定（30.1%），77篇文章由第一作者决定（23.4%）。当被问及受访者是否认为他们的任何共同作者没有做出足够贡献而不应被列为作者时，8.8%的人给予肯定回答。131名受访者表示他们的任何共同作者仅执行了一项或多项非作者任务，使得ICMJE定义的HA发生率为39.8%。
尽管这些期刊认可ICMJE指南，但在所有被调查的期刊中都存在HA现象。自我感知的HA与ICMJE定义的HA之间的差异表明有必要对我们的作者资格制度进行修改，或者对ICMJE指南进行当代修订。
