Authorship pressures, malpractices and ethical issues
Journal Title: Perspectives In Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The present academic climate in the country as a consequence of regulations requiring minimum number of publications for tenure and promotion has led to fierce competition which is not always healthy. To complicate matters the sequence of authors can decide the fate of one’s academic career. For instance, the Medical Council of India (MCI) accepts only the first and second authors while granting academic credit.1 One who has toiled the maximum for a paper should consider herself lucky if she retains the first or second slot in the final authorship sequence. One of the delicate issues concerns the final list and sequence of co-authors. Though explicit guidelines on authorship exist,2 implementation poses dilemmas for a researcher low down in the academic hierarchy.
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Amitav Banerjee
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