de Villiers F P
S Afr Med J. 1984 Dec 8;66(23):882-3.
This study was undertaken to investigate the subjective impression that medical articles written by a single author predominated a decade ago, whereas multiple authorship is the rule today. Samples from 1971 and 1982 issues of the South African Medical Journal were studied, and the impression is shown to be valid. The mean number of authors per article increased from 1,77 in 1971 to 2,35 in 1982, while the proportion of articles with only 1 author decreased from 60,8% to 40,8%. Possible reasons for this are mentioned, of which the pressure to publish may not be the least.
本研究旨在调查一种主观印象，即十年前医学文章多由单作者撰写，而如今多作者撰写才是常态。对《南非医学杂志》1971年和1982年刊的样本进行了研究，结果表明这种印象是正确的。每篇文章的平均作者数量从1971年的1.77人增加到了1982年的2.35人，而仅有一位作者的文章比例则从60.8%降至40.8%。文中提到了造成这种情况的可能原因，其中发表文章的压力可能是一个重要因素。
