Ethical abuses in the authorship of scientific papers

• Published in: Revista brasileira de entomologia Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Carneiro, Marco Antonio A.(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ICB DBG,Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas), Cangussú, Silvia D.(Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Instituto de Ciências Biológicas DPG), Fernandes, G. Wilson(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ICB DBG)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 01.03.2007
• Subjects: Authorship; co-authorship; publishing; science; writing papers

Problems regarding the order of authorship of scientific papers have become more frequent and more abusive. These problems may have heightened due to the ever increasing pressure to "publish or perish" in the academic world, given that the publication of scientific articles has become the...