%0 Journal Article
%T Academic and Scientific Authorship Practices: A Survey Among South African Researchers
%A Elsie Breet
%A Jan Botha
%A Leslie Swartz
%A Lyn Horn
%J Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
%@ 1556-2654
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1556264618789253
%X Empirical studies of authorship practices in high-income countries have been conducted, while research on this issue is scarce in low- and middle-income countries. A survey was conducted among South African researchers who have published in peer-reviewed journals, to explore their understanding of and ability to apply academic authorship criteria. A total of 967 researchers participated in the survey; 88% of respondents had knowledge of academic authorship criteria, while only 52% found it easy to apply the criteria. More respondents experienced disagreement regarding who qualifies for coauthorship compared with authorship order (59% vs. 48%). Disagreement was mostly linked to different ways of valuing or measuring contributions. Level of agreement with academic authorship criteria was higher than the perceived ability to apply the criteria
%K publication pressure
%K authorship
%K coauthorship
%K authorship guidelines
%K ICMJE
%K research misconduct
%K research disagreement
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1556264618789253