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Authorship: from credit to accountability. Reflections from the Editors’ Network

Authors: Fernando Alfonso, Parounak Zelveian, Jean-Jacques Monsuez, Michael Aschermann, Michael Böhm, Alfonso Buendia Hernandez, Tzung-Dau Wang, Ariel Cohen, Sebija Izetbegovic, Anton Doubell, Dario Echeverri, Nuray Enç, Ignacio Ferreira-González, Anetta Undas, Ulrike Fortmüller, Plamen Gatzov, Carmen Ginghina, Lino Goncalves, Faouzi Addad, Mahmoud Hassanein, Gerd Heusch, Kurt Huber, Robert Hatala, Mario Ivanusa, Chu-Pak Lau, Germanas Marinskis, Livio Dei Cas, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Kjell Nikus, Eckart Fleck, Luc Pierard, Slobodan Obradović, María del Pilar Aguilar Passano, Yangsoo Jang, Olaf Rødevand, Mikael Sander, Evgeny Shlyakhto, Çetin Erol, Dimitris Tousoulis, Dilek Ural, Jan J. Piek, Albert Varga, Andreas J. Flammer, François Mach, Alban Dibra, Faiq Guliyev, Alexander Mrochek, Mamanti Rogava, Ismael Guzman Melgar, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Kanat Kabdrakhmanov, Laila Haddour, Zlatko Fras, Claes Held, Valentyn Shumakov, Editors’ Network, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Task Force

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 7/2019

Abstract

The Editors’ Network of the European Society of Cardiology provides a dynamic forum for editorial discussions and endorses the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to improve the scientific quality of biomedical journals. Authorship confers credit and important academic rewards. Recently, however, the ICMJE emphasized that authorship also requires responsibility and accountability. These issues are now covered by the new (fourth) criterion for authorship. Authors should agree to be accountable and ensure that questions regarding the accuracy and integrity of the entire work will be appropriately addressed. This review discusses the implications of this paradigm shift on authorship requirements with the aim of increasing awareness on good scientific and editorial practices.

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Title: Authorship: from credit to accountability. Reflections from the Editors’ Network
Authors: Fernando Alfonso
Parounak Zelveian
Jean-Jacques Monsuez
Michael Aschermann
Michael Böhm
Alfonso Buendia Hernandez
Tzung-Dau Wang
Ariel Cohen
Sebija Izetbegovic
Anton Doubell
Dario Echeverri
Nuray Enç
Ignacio Ferreira-González
Anetta Undas
Ulrike Fortmüller
Plamen Gatzov
Carmen Ginghina
Lino Goncalves
Faouzi Addad
Mahmoud Hassanein
Gerd Heusch
Kurt Huber
Robert Hatala
Mario Ivanusa
Chu-Pak Lau
Germanas Marinskis
Livio Dei Cas
Carlos Eduardo Rochitte
Kjell Nikus
Eckart Fleck
Luc Pierard
Slobodan Obradović
María del Pilar Aguilar Passano
Yangsoo Jang
Olaf Rødevand
Mikael Sander
Evgeny Shlyakhto
Çetin Erol
Dimitris Tousoulis
Dilek Ural
Jan J. Piek
Albert Varga
Andreas J. Flammer
François Mach
Alban Dibra
Faiq Guliyev
Alexander Mrochek
Mamanti Rogava
Ismael Guzman Melgar
Giuseppe Di Pasquale
Kanat Kabdrakhmanov
Laila Haddour
Zlatko Fras
Claes Held
Valentyn Shumakov
Editors’ Network, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Task Force
Publication date: 01-07-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 7/2019
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-019-01436-8

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