Table 3

 Criteria for authorship expressed by the 39 interviewees

Number%
Do you know the criteria for authorship?
    Yes2051
    No1949
ICMJE criteria cited among applied criteria
    None3384
    One38
    More than one38
Do you know about ICMJE?
    Yes2051
    No1949
Do you know the ICMJE criteria?
    Yes25
    No3795
What is your opinion of the 3 ICMJE criteria?
(1) Substantial contribution to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data
    Agree3897
    Disagree13
(2) Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content
    Agree3180
    Disagree615
    Don’t know25
(3) Final approval of the version to be published
    Agree2462
    Disagree1333
    Don’t know25
The 3 criteria must all be met
    Agree718
    Disagree3077
    Don’t know25
Are ICMJE criteria applied?
    Yes1641
    No1436
    Don’t know923