Medical journals should require all authors to report their contributions

摘要

Medical journals should require all authors to report their specific contributions to an article submitted for publication and should consider publishing these contributions,according to an editorial published in this week's JAMA(2008;299:1833).The recommendation is one of several made by the editor in chief and executive deputy editor of JAMA.They also call on other journal editors to report any authors who fail to disclose financial relationships or other conflicts of interest,or who allow their name to be used for work not carried out by them,to an appropriate authority(eg,a medical school dean or department chair)or oversight body.