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Authorial and institutional stratification in open access publishing : the case of global health research
Siler, Kyle; Haustein, Stefanie; Smith, Elise; Larivière, Vincent; Alperin, Juan Pablo (PeerJ, 2018-02-19)Using a database of recent articles published in the field of Global Health research, we examine institutional sources of stratification in publishing access outcomes. Traditionally, the focus on inequality in scientific publishing has focused on ... -
Authorship ethics in global health research partnerships between researchers from low or middle income countries and high income countries
Smith, Elise; Hunt, Matthew; Master, Zubin (BMC, 2014-05-28)Background. Over the past two decades, the promotion of collaborative partnerships involving researchers from low and middle income countries with those from high income countries has been a major development in global health research. Ideally, these ... -
Factors affecting sex-related reporting in medical research : a cross-disciplinary bibliometric analysis
Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Ahn, Yong-Yeol; Smith, Elise; Macaluso, Benoit; Larivière, Vincent (Elsevier, 2019-02-15)Background Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that there are sex-based differences at the genetic, cellular, biochemical, and physiological levels. Despite this, numerous studies have shown poor levels of inclusion of female populations into ... -
The gendered nature of authorship
Ni, Chaoqun; Smith, Elise; Yuan, Haimiao; Larivière, Vincent; Sugimoto, Cassidy R. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-09-01)Authorship is the primary form of symbolic capital in science. Despite this, authorship is rife with injustice and malpractice, with women expressing concerns regarding the fair attribution of credit. Based on an international survey, we examine ... -
Knowledge sharing in global health research : the impact, uptake and cost of open access to scholarly literature
Smith, Elise; Haustein, Stefanie; Mongeon, Philippe; Shu, Fei; Ridde, Valery; Larivière, Vincent (BMC, 2017)Background: In 1982, the Annals of Virology published a paper showing how Liberia has a highly endemic potential of Ebola warning health authorities of the risk for potential outbreaks; this journal is only available by subscription. Limiting the ... -
Misconduct and misbehavior related to authorship disagreements in collaborative science
Smith, Elise; Williams-Jones, Bryn; Zubin, Master; Larivière, Vincent; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Paul-Hus, Adèle; Shi, Min; Resnik, David B. (Springer, 2019-06-03)Scientific authorship serves to identify and acknowledge individuals who “contribute significantly” to published research. However, specific authorship norms and practices often differ within and across disciplines, labs, and cultures. As a consequence, ... -
Researchers’ perceptions of ethical authorship distribution in collaborative research teams
Smith, Elise; Williams-Jones, Bryn; Master, Zubin; Larivière, Vincent; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Paul-Hus, Adèle; Shi, Min; Diller, Elena; Caudle, Katie; Resnik, David B. (Springer, 2020-08)Authorship is commonly used as the basis for the measurement of research productivity. It influences career progression and rewards, making it a valued commodity in a competitive scientific environment. To better understand authorship practices amongst ... -
The rise of the middle author : investigating collaboration and division of labor in biomedical research using partial alphabetical authorship
Mongeon, Philippe; Smith, Elise; Joyal, Bruno; Larivière, Vincent (Public library of science, 2017-09-14)Contemporary biomedical research is performed by increasingly large teams. Consequently, an increasingly large number of individuals are being listed as authors in the bylines, which complicates the proper attribution of credit and responsibility to ... -
A theoretical foundation for the ethical distribution of authorship in multidisciplinary publications
Smith, Elise (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017)In academia, authorship on publications confers merit as well as responsibility. The respective disciplines adhere to their “typical” authorship practices: individuals may be named in alphabetical order (e.g., in economics, mathematics), ranked in ...