Authorship Criteria; Updated Version 2013

By:

Behrooz Astaneh MDFounder and Head, Medical Journalism Department

Visiting Editor, BMJ

COPE Council Member

Vice President, Iranian Society of Medical Editors

Head, EMAME Publication Ethics Subcommittee

Editor-in-Chief, Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Authorship Criteria; Updated Version 2013

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

1- Vancouver group first met in 1978 (Ms Litwer, Prof Scribner, Chief Lib Oppenheimer 1968)

2- Released several versions of “ Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” (Vancouver style)

3- Authorship criteria: some changes to the criteria during the time (1988-now, data gathering, 4th criteria in August 2013)

4- URM has renamed to: “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals”

Authorship Criteria; Updated Version 2013

Authorship:Author should be named in the

by-lineAuthor should meet conditions:

A, B, C, and D

A: Substantial contribution to:

• the conception or design of the work; OR• the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of

data

B: Drafting the article

• OR: Revising it critically for important intellectual content

C: Final approval of the version to be publishedD: Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work

Authorship Criteria; Updated Version 2013

Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

Author should meet conditions: A, B, C, and D

Ghost author

Guest author

Authorship Criteria; Updated Version 2013

• Ghost Author1• Has the authorship

criteria but is not included in the authors list

2

• Students, junior researchers3

• It is not ethical4

• Guest author1

• Does not have the authorship criteria2

• Their names are for prestige to increase the publication chance

3

• It is not ethical4