RT Journal
A1 TornettaIII, Paul
A1 Siegel, Jodi
A1 McKay, Paula
A1 Bhandari, Mohit
T1 Authorship and Ethical Considerations in the Conduct of Observational Studies
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD May 1
VO 91
IS Supplement_3
SP 61
OP 67
DO 10.2106/JBJS.H.01538
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.01538
AB Surgeons who participate in research studies frequently struggle with a number of challenges when determining authorship of the publications that arise from their research. Furthermore, new concerns relating to who receives credit and who takes responsibility have emerged with the increase in multicenter research collaborations. This paper provides a discussion of the importance of authorship and outlines a number of ethical issues that commonly arise when determining the author byline. We also present some strategies, such as publishing under group authorship, listing individual author contributions, and revising the mechanism for acknowledging nonauthor contributions, that have the potential to improve authorship and publication practices.