September 10, 2009High Rate Of Ghostwriting At Major Medical JournalsA new study out from the editors of JAMA, which I've not seen in full yet, conducted an online survey of authors with published work in six leading medical journals--JAMA and the NEJM included--and found a ridiculously high rate of ghostwriting going on. "Among authors of 630 articles who responded to an online questionnaire created by the researchers, 7.8 percent acknowledged contributions to their articles by people whose work should have qualified them to be named as authors on the papers but who were not listed. This is simply outrageous and it's got to be pretty embarrassing for the journals involved. It's equally appalling that the researchers who put their names on these studies are letting this practice continue, because it calls into question the scientific integrity of their work. Who do any of these people think they are fooling at this point by letting unnamed outsiders, paid for by pharma companies, massage and manipulate scientific data and findings? This ghostwriting nonsense has simply got to stop. Posted by Philip Dawdy at September 10, 2009 12:20 PM
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...[authors] acknowledged contributions to their articles by people whose work should have qualified them to be named as authors on the papers but who were not listed... I thought that was called plagiarism and traditionally it's been grounds for academic expulsion. Posted by: marlborojones at September 10, 2009 08:13 PMMore coverage here: PRC [Peer Review Congress]: Study Finds Less Ghost Authorship, Critics Ask Why (Medpage Today, September 11, 2009) and PRC's Plenary Sessions Abstracts. Posted by: Joe at September 12, 2009 06:10 AMPost a comment
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