Number of authors of single case reports in Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

摘要

Authorship of a paper usually provides academic rewards. An author is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contribution to a published work. We have noted that sometimes the number of authors for less exhaustive sections of a journal, such as case reports, is 7 or 8 or even more.Purpose of this work was to find out the average number of authors of single case reports in two reputed dermatology journals, and whether there are significant differences between them in this regard. We selected two reputed dermatology journals - Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology (IJDVL), and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). As some of the case reports included more than one case, we selected only those reports that discussed single cases (single case reports). We selected 100 single case reports from each journal, irrespective of the journal section in which they appeared. These 100 articles were selected consecutively starting with the last such report in the May-June 2008 issue of IJDVL and June 2008 issue of JAAD and then going backwards. Thus, for IJDVL, the 100th article selected was the third letter to the editor published in the May-June 2007 issue. For JAAD, the issues screened included the supplements of February and May 2008, and the 100th article selected was the third case report published in February 2008 supplement.