Hostage authorship and the problem of dirty hands

This article discusses gift authorship, the practice where co-authorship is awarded to a person who has not contributed significantly to the study. From an ethical point of view, gift authorship raises concerns about desert, fairness, honesty and transparency, and its prevalence in research is right...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William Bülow, Gert Helgesson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Research Ethics Review
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016118764305