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|Title=Guest Authorship, Mortality Reporting, and Integrity in Rofecoxib Studies
 
|Title=Guest Authorship, Mortality Reporting, and Integrity in Rofecoxib Studies
|Is About=This factual case discusses various accusations of scientific misconduct, most notably the practices of guest authorship and ghostwriting. The case starts with various letters to the authors of an article on guest authorship and the editors of the journal, after which both the editors and the authors respond to these letters.  
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|Is About=This factual case discusses various accusations of scientific misconduct, most notably the practices of guest authorship and ghostwriting. The case begins with various letters to the authors of an article on guest authorship and the editors of the journal, following which both the editors and the authors respond to these letters.  
 
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|Important Because=Ghostwriting and guest authorship give an unfair advantage to the guest author over a researcher that does not take part in such practices by awarding the guest author with publications without doing any work. In addition, the practice of guest authorship may seriously damage the public trust in science and may also cast considerable doubt on the independence of drug trial researchers. However, incorrect accusations of guest authorship, and scientific misconduct in general, harm the reputation of innocent researchers as well. Therefore, it is important to openly discuss the accusations of guest authorship that were made in a publication, as is done in the present case. <br />
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|Important Because=Ghostwriting and guest authorship give an unfair advantage to guest authors over researchers who do not take part in such practices by awarding guest authors with publications despite not having contributed to the work done. In addition, the practice of guest authorship may seriously damage public trust in science and may also cast considerable doubt on the independence of researchers involved in drug trials. However, incorrect accusations of guest authorship, and scientific misconduct in general, harm the reputation of innocent researchers. Therefore, it is important to openly discuss accusations of guest authorship made in publications, as is done in the present case. <br />
 
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|Important For=Researchers; Journal editors; Journal publishers; Pharma Industry
 
|Important For=Researchers; Journal editors; Journal publishers; Pharma Industry

Latest revision as of 13:26, 19 August 2021

Cases

Guest Authorship, Mortality Reporting, and Integrity in Rofecoxib Studies

What is this about?

This factual case discusses various accusations of scientific misconduct, most notably the practices of guest authorship and ghostwriting. The case begins with various letters to the authors of an article on guest authorship and the editors of the journal, following which both the editors and the authors respond to these letters.

Why is this important?

Ghostwriting and guest authorship give an unfair advantage to guest authors over researchers who do not take part in such practices by awarding guest authors with publications despite not having contributed to the work done. In addition, the practice of guest authorship may seriously damage public trust in science and may also cast considerable doubt on the independence of researchers involved in drug trials. However, incorrect accusations of guest authorship, and scientific misconduct in general, harm the reputation of innocent researchers. Therefore, it is important to openly discuss accusations of guest authorship made in publications, as is done in the present case.

For whom is this important?

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