How Industry Uses the ICMJE Guidelines to Manipulate Authorship—And How They Should Be Revised

Alastair Matheson

PLOS Medicine, 2011, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-5

Abstract: Based upon his 15 years of experience as a medical writer, Alastair Matheson argues that rather than obstructing industry, the current ICMJE authorship guidelines have become its preferred tool for misattributing authorship.

Date: 2011
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