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Colloquium on Scientific Authorship: Rights and Responsibilities
Author(s) -
Schechter Alan N.,
Wyngaarden James B.,
Edsall John T.,
Maddox John,
Relman Arnold S.,
Angell Marcia,
Stewart Walter W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.3.2.2914630
Subject(s) - political science , engineering ethics , engineering
The Colloquium on Scientific Authorship was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at a time of extraordinary scrutiny by the public of the ethics of scientists, as represented by intense interest of the press and the Congress of the United States. Indeed, several regulations dealing with scientific misconduct have been proposed during the last year in the Federal Register, and new legislation has been proposed in the Congress. As a result of these concerns, conferences have been organized by the Institute of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science/American Bar Association, the Council of Biology Editors, and other groups. The colloquium at NIH, which was held May 31, 1988, and sponsored by the Intramural Scientists, focused on publication practices, especially multiple authorship, as contributing to perceived difficulties. The participants suggested various changes in conventions related to authorship that might help prevent future problems.