Publication ethics and the research assessment exercise: reflections on the troubled question of authorship

Aziz Sheikh

doi:10.1136/jme.26.6.422

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Publication ethics and the research assessment exercise: reflections on the troubled question of authorship

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Mar 2001	6	19	15
Apr 2001	5	22	7
May 2001	2	15	9
Jun 2001	3	16	10
Jul 2001	4	25	1
Aug 2001	3	9	3
Sep 2001	7	15	0
Oct 2001	8	23	3
Nov 2001	4	13	0
Dec 2001	3	11	2
Jan 2002	4	22	3
Feb 2002	3	13	5
Mar 2002	3	16	6
Apr 2002	7	5	1
May 2002	8	24	5
Jun 2002	2	10	4
Jul 2002	2	9	1
Aug 2002	5	20	4
Sep 2002	1	8	1
Oct 2002	3	26	6
Nov 2002	2	6	2
Dec 2002	1	12	9
Jan 2003	3	10	8
Feb 2003	4	8	2
Mar 2003	1	5	1
Apr 2003	2	13	6
May 2003	7	14	5
Jun 2003	5	5	10
Jul 2003	17	100	18
Aug 2003	9	9	3
Sep 2003	9	12	12
Oct 2003	12	73	1
Nov 2003	10	9	3
Dec 2003	7	9	9
Jan 2004	11	133	3
Feb 2004	13	80	5
Mar 2004	19	42	8
Apr 2004	14	17	10
May 2004	18	11	9
Jun 2004	14	44	9
Jul 2004	18	24	13
Aug 2004	13	38	10
Sep 2004	12	45	12
Oct 2004	13	48	16
Nov 2004	7	26	13
Dec 2004	13	43	21
Jan 2005	11	38	16
Feb 2005	13	44	18
Mar 2005	15	32	26
Apr 2005	5	30	20
May 2005	7	22	19
Jun 2005	12	17	22
Jul 2005	8	10	14
Aug 2005	8	18	10
Sep 2005	12	25	17
Oct 2005	12	30	13
Nov 2005	6	15	12
Dec 2005	11	30	17
Jan 2006	17	20	23
Feb 2006	7	20	16
Mar 2006	14	20	24
Apr 2006	4	16	12
May 2006	4	16	12
Jun 2006	4	11	7
Jul 2006	4	13	5
Aug 2006	4	10	6
Sep 2006	11	16	12
Oct 2006	9	27	11
Nov 2006	11	53	10
Dec 2006	11	33	15
Jan 2007	15	55	16
Feb 2007	16	39	13
Mar 2007	22	52	14
Apr 2007	22	11	14
May 2007	18	21	13
Jun 2007	20	10	9
Jul 2007	18	11	6
Aug 2007	17	22	7
Sep 2007	19	13	10
Oct 2007	34	21	17
Nov 2007	15	11	9
Dec 2007	25	7	2
Jan 2008	17	15	9
Feb 2008	23	9	4
Mar 2008	23	19	12
Apr 2008	19	11	5
May 2008	27	7	7
Jun 2008	14	6	4
Jul 2008	13	4	5
Aug 2008	14	6	6
Sep 2008	26	4	8
Oct 2008	13	4	5
Nov 2008	36	8	7
Dec 2008	12	8	3
Jan 2009	25	8	2
Feb 2009	14	6	6
Mar 2009	18	10	10
Apr 2009	18	3	8
May 2009	26	9	7
Jun 2009	11	8	4
Jul 2009	13	7	4
Aug 2009	10	3	2
Sep 2009	14	1	2
Oct 2009	18	9	6
Nov 2009	13	3	2
Dec 2009	16	5	7
Jan 2010	16	6	3
Feb 2010	12	4	5
Mar 2010	19	3	2
Apr 2010	14	12	7
May 2010	28	4	4
Jun 2010	20	10	9
Jul 2010	25	16	9
Aug 2010	23	7	5
Sep 2010	22	7	2
Oct 2010	19	8	5
Nov 2010	22	8	11
Dec 2010	18	2	5
Jan 2011	32	6	5
Feb 2011	14	8	7
Mar 2011	21	7	5
Apr 2011	17	5	4
May 2011	26	3	7
Jun 2011	16	0	5
Jul 2011	10	0	5
Aug 2011	13	1	3
Sep 2011	16	3	1
Oct 2011	16	3	7
Nov 2011	21	26	15
Dec 2011	11	13	60
Jan 2012	22	13	12
Feb 2012	12	8	8
Mar 2012	11	16	13
Apr 2012	16	17	8
May 2012	13	13	6
Jun 2012	14	17	5
Jul 2012	20	17	9
Aug 2012	21	14	10
Sep 2012	15	13	7
Oct 2012	22	17	6
Nov 2012	23	13	5
Dec 2012	11	14	7
Jan 2013	30	18	5
Feb 2013	30	19	10
Mar 2013	19	23	11
Apr 2013	19	27	3
May 2013	38	25	12
Jun 2013	34	13	5
Jul 2013	18	11	4
Aug 2013	21	26	2
Sep 2013	20	25	2
Oct 2013	16	34	4
Nov 2013	26	46	11
Dec 2013	18	91	6
Jan 2014	14	61	3
Feb 2014	21	46	6
Mar 2014	20	74	4
Apr 2014	16	99	4
May 2014	27	235	5
Jun 2014	11	176	4
Jul 2014	23	63	1
Aug 2014	14	91	1
Sep 2014	14	37	1
Oct 2014	13	66	4
Nov 2014	16	34	6
Dec 2014	21	28	4
Jan 2015	20	142	6
Feb 2015	23	187	11
Mar 2015	26	126	11
Apr 2015	17	86	5
May 2015	13	111	3
Jun 2015	11	82	4
Jul 2015	14	49	5
Aug 2015	5	57	1
Sep 2015	14	78	4
Oct 2015	9	25	2
Nov 2015	12	19	4
Dec 2015	15	11	2
Jan 2016	13	15	4
Feb 2016	6	37	2
Mar 2016	21	18	6
Apr 2016	15	10	1
May 2016	19	12	2
Jun 2016	8	10	1
Jul 2016	16	9	2
Aug 2016	17	14	2
Sep 2016	22	11	7
Oct 2016	16	12	4
Nov 2016	9	8	0
Dec 2016	12	15	2
Jan 2017	17	6	2
Feb 2017	6	11	14
Mar 2017	2	10	2
Apr 2017	3	24	4
May 2017	6	30	4
Jun 2017	5	6	2
Jul 2017	7	6	2
Aug 2017	18	14	9
Sep 2017	30	24	2
Oct 2017	63	55	9
Nov 2017	29	23	1
Dec 2017	28	20	8
Jan 2018	31	27	7
Feb 2018	48	28	3
Mar 2018	87	47	3
Apr 2018	31	27	5
May 2018	30	28	5
Jun 2018	21	17	0
Jul 2018	29	23	1
Aug 2018	13	13	2
Sep 2018	22	16	16
Oct 2018	73	64	18
Nov 2018	23	23	18
Dec 2018	24	20	4
Jan 2019	15	9	26
Feb 2019	21	14	9
Mar 2019	26	18	15
Apr 2019	20	8	9
May 2019	30	11	7
Jun 2019	21	12	6
Jul 2019	16	13	9
Aug 2019	17	15	10
Sep 2019	16	13	6
Oct 2019	17	14	5
Nov 2019	17	13	7
Dec 2019	13	7	3
Jan 2020	42	32	5
Feb 2020	28	24	8
Mar 2020	27	17	9
Apr 2020	69	52	29
May 2020	78	56	10
Jun 2020	47	35	7
Jul 2020	54	35	6
Aug 2020	49	35	23
Sep 2020	429	417	28
Oct 2020	133	109	54
Nov 2020	120	103	58
Dec 2020	287	269	144
Jan 2021	92	84	24
Feb 2021	118	97	24
Mar 2021	113	89	43
Apr 2021	78	69	35
May 2021	58	52	24
Jun 2021	142	151	74
Jul 2021	67	71	22
Aug 2021	76	80	24
Sep 2021	121	123	69
Oct 2021	68	58	34
Nov 2021	50	42	40
Dec 2021	149	152	83
Jan 2022	66	66	20
Feb 2022	81	67	7
Mar 2022	132	114	46
Apr 2022	107	86	34
May 2022	100	79	30
Jun 2022	84	79	13
Jul 2022	98	91	12
Aug 2022	92	87	19
Sep 2022	77	67	18
Oct 2022	38	29	14
Nov 2022	76	68	12
Dec 2022	55	51	10
Jan 2023	75	65	14
Feb 2023	83	71	21
Mar 2023	83	81	20
Apr 2023	63	63	15
May 2023	78	64	12
Jun 2023	72	68	11
Jul 2023	89	81	15
Aug 2023	64	58	8
Sep 2023	66	44	24
Oct 2023	28	18	16
Nov 2023	51	45	20
Dec 2023	144	9	3
Jan 2024	62	0	0
Feb 2024	65	2	0
Mar 2024	71	1	2
Total	8204	9530	2968

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