Ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials.

BACKGROUND: Ghost authorship, the failure to name, as an author, an individual who has made substantial contributions to an article, may result in lack of accountability. The prevalence and nature of ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials is not known. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We con...

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Main Authors: Gøtzsche, P, Hróbjartsson, A, Johansen, H, Haahr, M, Altman, D, Chan, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007