Ethical abuses in the authorship of scientific papers

Problems regarding the order of authorship of scientific papers have become more frequent and more abusive. These problems may have heightened due to the ever increasing pressure to "publish or perish" in the academic world, given that the publication of scientific articles has become the benchmark of success in a field with few job opportunities. This article reviews the abuses in the authorship of scientific papers. Different examples are given of the most common problems and recommendations are provided for authors and journal editors.

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Main Authors: Carneiro,Marco Antonio A., Cangussú,Silvia D., Fernandes,G. Wilson
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 2007
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262007000100001
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