| Ref ID | 120 |
| First Author | M. Z. Andersen |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jebm.12396?download=true |
| Keywords |
• Disclosure • Allegiance • Author • Cochrane • General medical |
| Problem(s) |
• Untimely (taking too long) or resource intensive • Guest / gift / ghost authorship |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Denmark |
| Aim | To describe compliance with Cochrane recommendations for group authorships from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from inception to 31 December 2019. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Of the 41 included Cochrane reviews, 16 (39%) had all authors in “Contributions of authors” fulfil the first ICMJE criterion, 17 (41%) had all authors meet the second criterion, and 5 (12%) had all authors meet the third criterion. Only two studies fulfilled all of the first three ICMJE authorship criteria for all authors. The median publication time of reviews with group authorships was 3.1 years (interquartile range 1.8 years–3.5 years, range 1 week–10.6 years). |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 41 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 7785 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |