The COPE forum discussion held in December 2023 initiated with a fundamental question — is there a universally accepted definition of institutional affiliation or institutional authorship on a publication? As the discussion unfolded, it…

In the past, authorship lacked a clear set of guidelines and sometimes excluded individuals who had contributed to a paper. The hierarchy of first author, second author, and contributor status was dominant, but also exclusionary. Today,…

In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles having multiple authors. For example, a study done by the International Journal of Nanomedicine showed that 33%…