目的:对作者的贡献,包括病例报告,应该适当评估。我注意到很少有临床医生被列为合著者的病例报告,促使这项调查。我试图就这种趋势的可能原因提出建议。
方法:我查看了发表在《妇产科研究杂志》上的病例报告,医学病例报告杂志,和BMJ病例报告。我确定了将临床医生列为合著者的病例报告。我咨询了Jichi医科大学的八名教授,以确定他们部门的病例报告是否包括临床医生作为共同作者,如果不是,原因。
结果:在日本机构发表在《妇产科研究杂志》上的65例病例报告中,只有一篇论文将临床医生列为合著者。在医学病例报告和BMJ病例报告杂志上发表的100和50篇论文中,分别,没有人将诊所医生列为合著者。八分之六的教授承认从未考虑过将临床医生作为合著者的想法。
结论:以临床医生为共同作者的病例报告的稀缺性超出了日本妇产科,涵盖世界各地的各种专业。中心医生不认为临床医生应该是合著者。转移患者的临床医生应被视为候选合著者,具体取决于他/她的科学贡献。这种方法可以营造一个鼓励医生为学术写作做出贡献的环境,不管他们的工作场所。
OBJECTIVE: Contribution to the authorship, including that for case reports, should be appropriately evaluated. I have noticed a scarcity of case reports with clinic doctors listed as coauthors, prompting this investigation. I sought to offer suggestions on the possible reasons for this trend.
METHODS: I checked
case reports published in the Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, the Journal of Medical
Case Reports, and the BMJ
Case Reports. I identified
case reports listing a clinic doctor as a coauthor. I consulted eight professors at Jichi Medical University to ascertain whether case reports from their departments included clinic doctors as coauthors and, if not, the reasons.
RESULTS: Among 65
case reports from Japanese institutes published in the Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, only one paper lists a clinic doctor as a coauthor. Of 100 and 50 papers published in the Journal of Medical
Case Reports and BMJ
Case Reports, respectively, none listed a clinic doctor as a coauthor. Six out of eight professors admitted to never considering the idea of including clinic doctors as coauthors.
CONCLUSIONS: The scarcity of case reports with clinic doctors as coauthors extends beyond Japanese obstetrics and gynecology, encompassing various specialties worldwide. Center doctors do not think of the idea that a clinic doctor should be a coauthor. A clinic doctor who transferred the patient should be considered as a candidate coauthor depending on his/her scientific contribution. Such an approach could foster an environment encouraging doctors to contribute to academic writing, regardless of their workplace.