Orphan Papers and Ghostwriting: The Case against the ICMJE Criterion of Authorship |
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| Authors: | Barton Moffatt PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Philosophy and Religion , Mississippi State University , Mississippi State , Mississippi , USA brm157@msstate.edu |
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| Abstract: | Although popular, I argue that the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) account of authorship is flawed. It inadvertently allows for practices that it was designed to prevent. In addition, it creates a new category of authorless papers—orphan papers. The original World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) criterion is preferable. |
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| Keywords: | authorship ghostwriting ICMJE orphan papers WAME |
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