Group authorships in Cochrane had low compliance with Cochrane recommendations

Andersen, Mikkel Zola; Fonnes, Siv; Andresen, Kristoffer; Rosenberg, Jacob

doi:10.1111/jebm.12396

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“…The following characteristics were considered: random sequence generation (selection bias), allocation concealment (selection bias), blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias), incomplete outcome data (attrition bias), selective reporting (reporting bias), and other bias sources. 30 , 31 The results from these questions were graphed and assessed using Review Manager 5.4.…”

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Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A survival meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Xie

Wei

et al. 2022

Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research

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Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A survival meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Xie

Wei

et al. 2022

Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research

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“…The most common authorship issue in this study was that not all authors fulfilled all four authorship criteria, and an increased focus on these seems warranted. The criteria were inadequately documented in both Cochrane reviews with group authorships [25] and with more than 15 authors [26]. Furthermore, it seems that not all ICMJE authorship criteria are regarded equally important by authors.…”

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A simple form could prevent authorship issues in Cochrane manuscripts: A cohort study

Fonnes,

Andresen,

Öberg

et al. 2024

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods

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AimWe aimed to investigate authorship issues after the implementation of an authorship declaration form in a Cochrane Review Group.MethodsThe Cochrane Colorectal Group uses an authorship declaration form that consists of three parts: (1) manuscript information, (2) documentation for roles according to the four authorship criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and (3) identification information of individual authors and signed approval. The manuscripts' contact authors were responsible for collecting the forms from all coauthors. This observational cohort study reports on all authorship issues in authorship declaration forms collected from February 2020 to December 2023.ResultsWe received 276/277 authorship declaration forms or replies from authors (response rate 99.6%) from 44 manuscripts, including 52% protocols and 48% reviews. There were authorship issues present in 14/44 (32%) of the manuscripts, and the most common issue was that not all authors fulfilled all four ICMJE authorship criteria. Six gift authors were removed from by‐lines. Issues in nine of the 14 manuscripts were resolved by the author group when informing them about the ICMJE authorship criteria and guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The issues in the remaining five manuscripts were unresolved since the manuscripts were transferred or rejected, thus, ceased to be developed by the Cochrane Colorectal Group.ConclusionAuthorship issues were raised in almost one‐third of manuscripts. Most issues were resolved and six gift authorships were prevented. The awareness of authorship criteria is sharpened when all authors are individually asked to fill out and sign a form. This could help decrease the rate of unethical authorships in Cochrane publications and contribute to more ethical and robust evidence production.

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“…In a study of 41 Cochrane reviews with group authorships (median 32, range 6–91), 19 of which were published from 2015 to 2019, only 39% met ICMJE's first authorship criterion, 41% the second, and 12% the third; in only two studies did all the authors meet all three criteria 19…”

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“…18 In a study of 41 Cochrane reviews with group authorships (median 32, range 6-91), 19 of which were published from 2015 to 2019, only 39% met ICMJE's first authorship criterion, 41% the second, and 12% the third; in only two studies did all the authors meet all three criteria. 19 It would be of interest to see a systematic review of the evidence that reflects the extent to which the requirements/recommendations laid down in the ICMJE documents have been effective in changing publication practices in biomedical journals.…”

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When I use a word . . . The ICMJE requirements and recommendations

Aronson

2023

BMJ

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In 1978, following a meeting in Vancouver, a group of editors of leading medical journals, the Vancouver Group, published a draft report outlining proposed requirements for standardising the format of citations and suggesting standard ways of preparing and submitting papers for publication in biomedical journals. The first formal version of the requirements was published in 1979, and since then the group, now known as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), has published further versions of the document, the title of which was changed in 2013 to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. These documents have been greatly influential in biomedical publishing and have played an important part in various ways: encouraging publication of protocols in advance of studies; in the establishment of trial registries; in encouraging compliance with requirements for trial registration; in revealing potential conflicts of interest; in identifying publications that raise concerns and may be considered for retraction; in defining the nature of a peer reviewed journal; and many other matters. However, it is not clear to what extent the requirements/recommendations have helped authors rather than editors and may have encouraged journals to focus more on process than on content. A systematic review of the evidence that reflects the extent to which the requirements/recommendations laid down in the ICMJE documents have been effective and beneficial in changing publication practices in biomedical journals would be of interest.

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Group authorships in Cochrane had low compliance with Cochrane recommendations

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A survival meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A survival meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

A simple form could prevent authorship issues in Cochrane manuscripts: A cohort study

When I use a word . . . The ICMJE requirements and recommendations

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