Abstract

My aim is to critically analyze the ICMJE’s authorship criteria.  I begin by outlining the current version of the criteria, followed by a short history of the criteria.  Then I present three challenges to the ICMJE criteria: (i) the challenge from large research teams; (ii) the challenge of interdisciplinary research; and (iii) the challenge of the demand for inclusiveness.  These challenges highlight shortcomings and limitations with the ICMJE’s authorship criteria.  Examining these challenges will enable us to develop a richer understanding of scientific authorship in contemporary science.  Finally, I discuss who the ICMJE criteria are meant to exclude as authors.

Short bio

Brad is currently a Carlsberg Monograph fellow at AIAS, working on a book on scientific publication.  He has published three monographs with Cambridge University Press: Kuhn’s Evolutionary Social Epistemology (2011), Resisting Scientific Realism (2018), and Kuhn’s Intellectual Path (2021).  He works in the Centre for Science Studies at AU, and is an Associate Partner in CiViA, The Center for Immunology of Viral infections.  He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, and has held visiting fellowships at the University of Cambridge, MIT, and Cornell University.

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