Question 1

Who is considered an author? Anyone who...

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All of the above.

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Was intimately involved in the conception and design of the research.

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Participated in drafting the publication and approved the final version of the publication.

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Assumed responsibility for data collection and interpretation.

Question 2

What is the main author of a paper called?

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Primary/Corresponding author

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Principal Investigator

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Lead author

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The Ultimate One

Question 3

The primary/corresponding author is responsible for…

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The accuracy of the data, the names listed as authors, approval of the final draft by all authors, and handling all correspondence and responding to inquiries.

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Writing the entire manuscript/article, completing all experiments and data analyses, coffee runs, and listing their mentor as an author.

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Making sure they are a tenured professor before publishing, determining which sections of a manuscript/article should be included, and omitting any insignificant findings.

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Determining who is to be listed as an author or if they should only be mentioned in the acknowledgements.

Question 4

These people may receive recognition but should NOT be listed as an author:

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are the chair of the department or program in which the research was conducted, provided funding for the research, are the leading researcher in the area, provided reagents, served as a mentor to the primary author.

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contributed to the development and progress of the research project.

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drafts the publication and approves the final version.

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conducted experiments and assumed the role of generating, analyzing, and evaluating data.

Question 5

The practice of listing undeserving authors on publications, called ________, is widely condemned and in the extreme considered by some to constitute a form of research misconduct.

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Honorary authorship

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Salami publication

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Misguided authorship

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Undeserving authorship

Question 6

_________ is the practice of dividing one significant piece of research into a number of small experiments, simply to increase the number of publications.

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Salami publication (sometimes called bologna or trivial publication)

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Multiplied publication

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Patchwork publication

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Dividend publication (sometimes called divided or divisor publication)

Question 7

_________is the practice of publishing the same information a second time without acknowledging the first publication.

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Duplicate publication

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Secondary publication

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Doubled publication

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Copied publication

Question 8

What are the consequences of Duplicate publications?

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A waste of time and resources, endangers public health if publications include false information, causes meta-analyses imbalances, it’s just outright rude.

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If you duplicate a paper might as well triple it.

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A paper cannot have the exact same authors listed as a prior paper.

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The first publication feels left out.

Question 9

______ should not be left out just because they do not agree with the conclusions the authors would like to reach. This section should represent a complete summary of what was discovered, leaving interpretations for the closing discussion.

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The results

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The conclusion

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The abstract

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The methods

Question 10

When should research results be made public?

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After the results have been reviewed and prepared for publication.

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After the first draft of the manuscript has been completed.

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When the primary author or PI deems it is time.

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Once the results have been analyzed and validated.

Question 11

When researchers use well-established procedures, this section of a publication can be shortened, provided appropriate references are given to a full description along with any changes that have been made.

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Methods

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Results

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Acknowledgements

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Conclusion/Discussion

Question 12

If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or publication, what happens next?

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Journal editors should seek an explanation and signed statement of agreement for the requested change from all listed authors and from the author to be removed or added.

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Journal editors should seek an explanation and signed statement of agreement for the requested change from only the primary author and from the author to be removed or added.

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It is up to only the primary author to determine who gets removed or added.

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The manuscript must be retracted immediately until everything is clarified.

Question 13

What should editors do if a scientific misconduct is raised about the conduct or integrity of the work?

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Initiate procedures detailed by committees such as the COPE.

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Inform only the institution where the research is being held.

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Disregard all concerns unless someone reports the issue to the institution.

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Choose not to publish an expression of concern.

Question 14

What are the principles and established policies on print and electronic publishing and editor interactions with the media?

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Editors or journal staff should help the media prepare accurate reports by providing news release, answering questions, etc to appropriate exports. Editors can also foster the orderly transmission of medical information from researchers, through peer-reviewed journals, to the public.

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All of the above.

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Nothing can be shared until the manuscript has been published and is accessible to the public.

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Policies designed to limit pre-publication should apply to presentations at scientific meetings or to the abstracts from these meetings.

Question 15

All contents of a journal can be copyrighted.

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False; Not all papers and articles can be copyrighted even it if it made a contribution to the journal.

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True; All works and research that was contributed to the journal can be copyrighted.

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