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Research ethics
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Honorary authorship epidemic in scholarly publications? How the current use of citation-based evaluative metrics make (pseudo)honorary authors from honest contributors of every multi-author article
- Correspondence to Professor Jozsef Kovacs, Department of Bioethics, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, VIII. Nagyvarad ter 4, Budapest 1089, Hungary; kovjozs{at}net.sote.hu
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Honorary authorship epidemic in scholarly publications? How the current use of citation-based evaluative metrics make (pseudo)honorary authors from honest contributors of every multi-author article
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- Received February 12, 2012
- Accepted July 10, 2012
- First published August 3, 2012.
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July 16, 2013
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