Time to Finger Point or Fix? An Invitation to Join Ongoing Efforts to Promote Ethical Authorship and Other Good Publication Practices

Karen L Woolley; A Gertel; C W Hamilton; A Jacobs; G P Snyder

doi:10.1345/aph.1S178

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Time to Finger Point or Fix? An Invitation to Join Ongoing Efforts to Promote Ethical Authorship and Other Good Publication Practices

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Time to Finger Point or Fix? An Invitation to Join Ongoing Efforts to Promote Ethical Authorship and Other Good Publication Practices

Karen L Woolley, A Gertel, C W Hamilton, A Jacobs and G P Snyder

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol.47(7-8), pp.1084-1087

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1345/aph.1S178

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ethics

In this commentary, we present evidence that unethical authorship (eg, guest and ghost authoring) and other publication practices are not restricted to the pharmaceutical industry; they also occur in academia. Such practices are not an industry problem-they are a research problem. To enhance trust in industry-sponsored research, companies have made rapid and far-reaching changes to their publication guidelines, policies, and procedures. Professional medical writers have adopted, and continue to implement, these changes. Although evidence indicates that industry practices are improving, there is certainly more to do, both in industry and academia. We invite readers to join ongoing efforts to promote ethical publication practices.

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Title: Time to Finger Point or Fix? An Invitation to Join Ongoing Efforts to Promote Ethical Authorship and Other Good Publication Practices
Authors: Karen L Woolley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
A Gertel (Author) - Beardsworth Consulting Group, Inc., United States
C W Hamilton (Author) - Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
A Jacobs (Author) - Dianthus Medical Limited, United Kingdom
G P Snyder (Author) - Navicom Consulting LLC, United States
Publication details: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol.47(7-8), pp.1084-1087
Publisher: Harvey Whitney Books Company
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1S178
ISSN: 1060-0280
Organisation Unit: UniSC Clinical Trials Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448624902621
Output Type: Journal article

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