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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-01-01
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Series: | Research Ethics Review |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016118764305 |