title: Orphan papers and ghostwriting: the case against the ICMJE criterion of authorship.
abstract: Although popular, I argue that the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) account of authorship is flawed. It inadvertently allows for practices that it was designed to prevent. In addition, it creates a new category of authorless papers--orphan papers. The original World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) criterion is preferable.
authors: Department of Philosophy and Religion, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA. brm157@msstate.edu
authors: Barton
authors: B
authors: Moffatt
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship / Q000592:standards*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D035081:Editorial Policies; D038622:Internationality; D010506:Periodicals as Topic