The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, ChangSha, Hunan, China.
Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 5;19(8):e0308377. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308377. eCollection 2024.
The primary objective of this inquiry was to explore the nexus between authorship attribution in medical literature and accountability for scientific impropriety while assessing the influence of authorial multiplicity on the severity of sanctions imposed.
Probit regression models were employed to scrutinize the impact of authorship on assuming accountability for scientific misconduct, and unordered multinomial logistic regression models were used to examine the influence of authorship and the number of bylines on the severity of punitive measures.
First authors and corresponding authors were significantly more likely to be liable for scientific misconduct than other authors and were more likely to be penalized particularly severely. Furthermore, a negative correlation was observed between the number of authors' affiliations and the severity of punitive measures.
Authorship exerts a pronounced influence on the attribution of accountability in scientific research misconduct, particularly evident in the heightened risk of severe penalties confronting first and corresponding authors owing to their principal roles. Hence, scientific research institutions and journals must delineate authorship specifications meticulously, ascertain authors' contributions judiciously, bolster initiatives aimed at fostering scientific research integrity, and uphold an environment conducive for robust scientific inquiry.
本研究旨在探讨医学文献作者归属与科学不当行为责任之间的关系，并评估作者人数对制裁严厉程度的影响。
采用概率回归模型分析作者对科学不端行为承担责任的影响，采用无序多项逻辑回归模型分析作者和署名数量对惩罚严厉程度的影响。
第一作者和通讯作者比其他作者更有可能对科学不端行为负责，也更有可能受到特别严厉的惩罚。此外，作者单位数量与惩罚严厉程度呈负相关。
作者身份对科学研究不端行为中的责任归属有显著影响，第一作者和通讯作者由于其主要角色，面临着更严重的处罚风险。因此，科学研究机构和期刊必须仔细规定作者身份，明智地确定作者的贡献，加强旨在促进科学研究诚信的举措，并营造有利于有力科学探究的环境。
