Nurmohamed F Ruben H, Voigt Istifari, Awadpersad Preshant, Matawlie Roshni H S, Gadjradj Pravesh S
Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
Department of Neurosurgery, Park MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jul 28;21:101531. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101531. eCollection 2021 Oct.
To facilitate decision-making in authorship positions, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editor (ICMJE) developed a guideline that stipulates criteria authors should meet in order to merit authorship. Authors who did not meet these criteria and still enlisted as authors, are called 'honorary' authors. In this study, the prevalence and characteristics of honorary authorship (HA) is assessed in the field of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
A survey was distributed among corresponding authors of articles published in 2019 in six Orthopedics-dedicated journals.
479 of the 1392 approached authors responded, leading to a response rate of 34.4%. 91.6% of the respondents were aware of the ICMJE guidelines, whereas 67.8% were aware of the issue of HA. Overall, the prevalence of guideline-based HA was 41.9%, while the prevalence of self-perceived HA was 14.7%. Having a senior member automatically enlisted as author on the departments, was associated with a higher rate of guideline-based HA (OR 5.03) and self-perceived HA (OR 3.31).
The prevalence of HA in the field of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is high, but comparable to other medical fields. Transparency in authorship decision-making is crucial to maintain liability in scientific articles.
为便于确定作者身份，国际医学期刊编辑委员会（ICMJE）制定了一项指南，规定了作者应满足的标准才能获得作者身份。未满足这些标准却仍被列为作者的人被称为“荣誉”作者。在本研究中，评估了骨科与运动医学领域中荣誉作者身份（HA）的发生率及特征。
向2019年在六本骨科专业期刊上发表文章的通讯作者发放调查问卷。
在1392名被邀请的作者中，有479名回复，回复率为34.4%。91.6%的受访者知晓ICMJE指南，而67.8%的受访者知晓HA问题。总体而言，基于指南的HA发生率为41.9%，而自我认知的HA发生率为14.7%。部门中有资深成员自动被列为作者，与基于指南的HA发生率较高（比值比5.03）和自我认知的HA发生率较高（比值比3.31）相关。
骨科与运动医学领域中HA的发生率较高，但与其他医学领域相当。作者身份决策的透明度对于维护科学论文的责任至关重要。
