Ghost Authorship in Industry-Initiated Randomised Trials

Abstract

Ghost authorship in industry-initiated trials is very common. Its prevalence could be considerably reduced, and transparency improved, if existing guidelines were followed, and if protocols were publicly available.

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: e19-e19
Citations: 280
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                                    Peter C Gøtzsche, 
                                
                                    Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, 
                                
                                    Helle Krogh Johansen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Ghost Authorship in Industry-Initiated Randomised Trials. 
                            PLoS Medicine
                            , 4
                            (1)
                            , e19-e19.
                            https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040019
                        

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040019