Apportionment of co-authors' contribution for a biomedical scientific paper: An analytical process approach
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-1924.2014.02.015
- VernacularTitle:应用层次分析法研究生物医学论文作者的贡献
- Author:
Weijin CHEN
;
Pengcheng LUO
;
Jie ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Analytic hierarchy process;
Biomedical scientific paper;
Authorship contribution
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management
2014;27(2):167-171
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To determine co-author contribution for a biomedical scientific paper describing collaborative research by an analytical process model.Methods The important features of contribution were identified,categorized and organized into a logical hierarchy consisting of the main dimensions and sub-dimensions.A face-to-face survey was conducted to obtain data about their relative importance from co-authors.Analytical hierarchy process methodology was used to determine the relative important weights from main dimensions and sub-dimensions along with the consistency.Results Among the 5 main dimensions,all authors considered problem statement as the most important with a weight of 0.4355,and considered research design and data analysis taking the 2nd and 3rd positions.Among the 10 sub-dimensions,hypothesis construction,method development,result interpretation,and critical revision of manuscript were considered the most important contributions.Conclusion Analytical hierarchy process effectively supportto establish the co-authors' priorties for a biomedical scientific paper.
