Frosolini Andrea, Benedetti Simone, Gennaro Paolo, Gabriele Guido
Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Mar;282(3):1641-1647. doi: 10.1007/s00405-024-09151-5. Epub 2024 Dec 19.
The determination of authorship order in scientific publications is critical for researcher recognition and career progression. According to a recent survey's meta-analysis, the prevalence of Honorary Authorship reaches 20% of authors. This study evaluates the adoption and proficency of authorship guidelines in maxillofacial surgery and otolaryngology.
On March 16, 2024, a search of Scopus-indexed journals identified relevant journals in from which recent articles were sampled using a stratified random method. The author contribution alignment with actual authorship was evaluated through CalculAuthor tool and a detailed process involving large language models (LLM) and manual checks, employing statistical tests to evaluate the adoption of author contribution guidelines and agreement scores across different fields and journal quartiles.
A review of 21 Scopus-indexed journals revealed that 8 adhered to the CRediT system, 7 to other systems, and 6 had no guidelines. From 147 randomly selected manuscripts, 57 reported contributions (38.8%). The mean agreement score was 65.3% (SD = 26.8), without significant differences in journal quartiles or disciplines.
This study highlights the moderate to low adoption of standardized contribution systems in maxillofacial and otolaryngology journals, with a fair level of agreement between reported contributions and actual authorship. Future research should focus on larger, more diverse samples and develop prospective implementations to ensure accurate and equitable authorship credit in the context of the Artificial Intelligence's scientific writing era.
科学出版物中作者顺序的确定对于研究人员的认可和职业发展至关重要。根据最近一项调查的荟萃分析，荣誉作者的比例达到作者总数的20%。本研究评估了颌面外科和耳鼻喉科领域作者指南的采用情况和熟练度。
2024年3月16日，在Scopus索引期刊中进行检索，确定相关期刊，并采用分层随机方法从中抽取近期文章样本。通过CalculAuthor工具以及涉及大语言模型（LLM）和人工检查的详细流程，评估作者贡献与实际作者身份的一致性，并使用统计测试来评估作者贡献指南的采用情况以及不同领域和期刊四分位数的一致性得分。
对21种Scopus索引期刊的审查显示，8种遵循CRediT系统，7种遵循其他系统，6种没有指南。从147篇随机选择的手稿中，57篇报告了贡献（38.8%）。平均一致性得分为65.3%（标准差=26.8），在期刊四分位数或学科方面没有显著差异。
本研究强调了颌面外科和耳鼻喉科期刊对标准化贡献系统的采用程度为中等至较低，报告的贡献与实际作者身份之间的一致性水平尚可。未来的研究应聚焦于更大、更多样化的样本，并制定前瞻性实施方案，以确保在人工智能科学写作时代背景下作者署名的准确和公平。
