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authorship

[aw-ther-ship] / ˈɔ θərˌʃɪp /


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From fabricated data to purchased authorships and paid citations, researchers say organized groups are manipulating the academic publishing system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

But most of those big hauls are because of evidence of activity by paper mills, which sell authorships, faked peer reviews and entire manuscripts to authors desperate to publish.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

At least two nonprofit groups that advocate for honest practices in publishing have issued guidance to journal editors about how to deter purchased authorships.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2022

The median number of full papers per hyperprolific author in 2000–2016 was 677; across all hyperprolific authors, last author positions accounted for 42.5%, first author positions for 7.1%, and single authorships for 1.4%.

From Nature • Sep. 11, 2018

It makes mistakes about authorships, etc., but these I hope one day to set right. 

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King




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