Authorship: From credit to accountability – reflections from the editors’ network
Journal
Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
2
Pages
105
Date Issued
2019-01-01
Author(s)
Alfonso, Fernando
Zelveian, Parounak
Monsuez, Jean Jacques
Aschermann, Michael
Boehm, Michael
Buendía-Hernández, Alfonso
Cohen, Ariel
Izetbegovic, Sebija
Doubell, Anton
Echeverri, Dario
Enç, Nuray
Ferreira-González, Ignacio
Undas, Anetta
Fortmüller, Ulrike
Gatzov, Plamen
Ginghina, Carmen
Goncalves, Lino
Addad, Faouzi
Hassanein, Mahmoud
Heusch, Gerd
Huber, Kurt
Hatala, Robert
Ivanusa, Mario
Lau, Chu Pak
Marinskis, Germanas
Dei-Cas, Livio
Rochitte, Carlos E.
Nikus, Kjell
Fleck, Eckart
Pierard, Luc
Obradović, Slobodan
Aguilar-Passano, María Del P.
Jang, Yangsoo
Rødevand, Olaf
Sander, Mikael
Shlyakhto, Evgeny
Erol, Çetin
Tousoulis, Dimitris
Ural, Dilek
Piek, Jan J.
Varga, Albert
Flammer, Andreas J.
Dibra, Alban
Guliyev, Faiq
Mrochek, Alexander
Rogava, Mamanti
Guzmán-Melgar, Ismael
Di Pasquale, Giuseppe
Kabdrakhmanov, Kanat
Haddour, Laila
Fras, Zlatko
Held, Claes
Shumakov, Valentyn
Abstract
The Editors’ Network of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) provides a dynamic forum for editorial discussions and endorses the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to improve the scientific quality of biomedical journals. Authorship confers credit and important academic rewards. Recently, however, the ICMJE emphasized that authorship also requires responsibility and accountability. These issues are now covered by the new (fourth) criterion for authorship. Authors should agree to be accountable and ensure that questions regarding the accuracy and integrity of the entire work will be appropriately addressed. This review discusses the implications of this paradigm shift on authorship requirements with the aim of increasing awareness on good scientific and editorial practices.
Subjects
Accountability | Authorship | Editorial ethics | Journals | Scientific Journals | Scientific Process
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Type
journal article