Malik Fahd, Tribble Jacob T, Fraga Garth R
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
J Cutan Pathol. 2024 Jul;51(7):525-529. doi: 10.1111/cup.14615. Epub 2024 Mar 28.
The increase in authors per scientific article in many different medical and scientific disciplines has raised concerns over ethical authorship. Trends in authorship in dermatopathology are unknown.
Cross-sectional study of a random sample of 200 articles from the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology (1981-2020).
The number of authors per article increased by an estimated 96% between 1981 and 2020 (2.7-5.3), while the relative citation ratio decreased by an estimated 56% during the same period (1.19-0.52). Higher author counts were not associated with higher relative citation ratios (p = 0.2349) or analytic study designs (p = 0.2987). Higher relative citation ratios were associated with analytic study designs (p = 0.0374).
There has been significant growth in authorship credit at the journal without a corresponding increase in research impact or study rigor. Remedial measures to stem authorship inflation and promote more impactful studies may be necessary.
许多不同医学和科学学科中每篇科学文章的作者数量增加引发了对道德作者身份的担忧。皮肤病理学领域的作者身份趋势尚不清楚。
对《皮肤病理学杂志》（1981 - 2020年）中200篇文章的随机样本进行横断面研究。
1981年至2020年间，每篇文章的作者数量估计增加了96%（从2.7增至5.3），而同期相对引用率估计下降了56%（从1.19降至0.52）。作者数量较多与较高的相对引用率（p = 0.2349）或分析性研究设计（p = 0.2987）无关。较高的相对引用率与分析性研究设计相关（p = 0.0374）。
该期刊的作者署名数量显著增长，但研究影响力或研究严谨性并未相应提高。可能需要采取补救措施来遏制作者署名膨胀并促进更具影响力的研究。
