Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC) Location AMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Studio di Ortodonzia, Via Matteo Bandello 15, 20123, Milan, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 11;14(1):5883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55966-x.
A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to assess the prevalence of automatically listing (a) senior member(s) of a department as co-author(s) on all submitted articles in health sciences and the prevalence of degrees of support on a 5-point justification scale. Survey research was searched in PubMed, Lens.org, and Dimensions.ai. until January 5 2023. We assessed the methodological quality of studies and conducted quantitative syntheses. We identified 15 eligible surveys, that provided 67 results, all of which were rated as having low quality. A pooled estimate of 20% [95% CI 16-25] (10 surveys, 3619 respondents) of researchers in various health sciences reported that a senior member of their department was automatically listed as an author on all submitted articles. Furthermore, 28% [95% CI 22-34] of researchers (10 surveys, 2180 respondents) felt that this practice was 'never', 24% [95% CI 22-27] 'rarely', 25% [95% CI 23-28] 'sometimes', 13% [95% CI 9-17] 'most of the time', and 8% [95% CI 6-9] 'always justified'. The practice of automatically assigning senior members of departments as co-authors on all submitted manuscripts may be common in the health sciences; with those admitting to this practice finding it unjustified in most cases.Registration of the protocol The protocol was registered in Open Science Framework. Link: https://osf.io/4eywp/ .
一项系统评价和荟萃分析评估了在健康科学领域，所有提交的文章都自动将（一个）系里的资深成员列为（多个）共同作者的情况，以及在 5 分制的理由量表上支持程度的普遍性。在 PubMed、Lens.org 和 Dimensions.ai 中进行了调查研究，检索时间截至 2023 年 1 月 5 日。我们评估了研究的方法学质量，并进行了定量综合分析。我们确定了 15 项符合条件的调查，提供了 67 项结果，所有结果的质量均被评为低质量。在各种健康科学领域的研究人员中，有 20%（95%置信区间 16-25）（10 项调查，3619 名受访者）报告说，他们所在部门的一名资深成员自动被列为所有提交文章的作者。此外，28%（95%置信区间 22-34）（10 项调查，2180 名受访者）的研究人员认为这种做法“从不”，24%（95%置信区间 22-27）“很少”，25%（95%置信区间 23-28）“有时”，13%（95%置信区间 9-17）“大部分时间”，8%（95%置信区间 6-9）“总是有道理的”。在健康科学领域，将部门的资深成员自动列为所有提交手稿的共同作者的做法可能很常见；那些承认这种做法的人在大多数情况下认为这种做法是不合理的。 该方案已在开放科学框架中注册。链接：https://osf.io/4eywp/ 。
