[cseb national] FW: Integrity in Science Database of Scientists and Organizations With Ties to Industry

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> Date: 2007/01/16 Tue PM 06:48:08 EST
Database of Scientists and Organizations With Ties to Industry
> 
> >Integrity in Science Watch
> >January 16, 2007
> >
> >The Integrity in Science Database of Scientists and Organizations
> >With Ties to Industry can be found at: 

                        www.integrityinscience.org

> >Study Finds Ghost Authorship Common in Industry-Funded Studies
> >
> >A study of 44 industry-sponsored drug trials in Denmark in the 1990s 
> >has found evidence of ghost authorship in three-quarters of the 
> >trials, suggesting such practices are widespread in industry-backed 
> >studies. The prevalence of ghost authorship increased to 91 percent 
> >when the authors included cases where a person qualifying for 
> >authorship was just listed in the acknowledgments. The researchers 
> >also noted that the study, which appeared in the latest PLoS 
> >Medicine, may underestimate the frequency of ghost authorship. "It is 
> >likely that we have overlooked some ghost authors, as we had very 
> >limited information to identify the possible omission of other 
> >individuals who would have qualified as authors," they wrote.
> >
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