- Framework of problems / Objective
- Guest / gift / ghost authorship
- Prevalence of honorary and ghost authorship in Cochrane reviews
| Ref ID | 701 |
| First Author | G. Mowatt |
| Journal | JAMA |
| Year Of Publishing | 2002 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12038907/ |
| Keywords |
Cochrane Author Allegiance |
| Problem(s) |
Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews Guest / gift / ghost authorship |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 362 |
| Summary of Findings | 39% of the 362 included Cochrane reviews had evidence of honorary authors (named as authors but not meeting all 3 ICMJE criteria). 9% had evidence of ghost authors (most commonly a member of the Cochrane editorial team) and 2% had evidence of both honorary and ghost authors. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |