Authorship is one of the important issues in academic publishing ethics.Standardized authorship is not only an important manifestation of research integrity but also a reflection of the academic credibility of journals.Currently,misconduct in authorship of medical papers occurs frequently.This paper systematically explores the problems in authorship of medical papers,and based on the standards formulated by the Inter-national Committee of Medical Journal Editors(ICMJE)and the Committee on Publication Ethics(COPE),deeply analyzes the core elements of defining authorship qualifications and dividing responsibilities.Com-bined with typical cases in the editorial practice of Cancer Biology & Medicine,it dissects the root causes of authorship misconduct and proposes comprehensive solutions,including requiring authors to strictly abide by authorship standards,strengthening the journal's review mechanism for authorship,adopting contributor roles taxonomy(CRediT),and enhancing research integrity education in research institutions,so as to pro-vide reference for preventing academic misconduct.

Authorship is one of the important issues in academic publishing ethics.Standardized authorship is not only an important manifestation of research integrity but also a reflection of the academic credibility of journals.Currently,misconduct in authorship of medical papers occurs frequently.This paper systematically explores the problems in authorship of medical papers,and based on the standards formulated by the Inter-national Committee of Medical Journal Editors(ICMJE)and the Committee on Publication Ethics(COPE),deeply analyzes the core elements of defining authorship qualifications and dividing responsibilities.Com-bined with typical cases in the editorial practice of Cancer Biology & Medicine,it dissects the root causes of authorship misconduct and proposes comprehensive solutions,including requiring authors to strictly abide by authorship standards,strengthening the journal's review mechanism for authorship,adopting contributor roles taxonomy(CRediT),and enhancing research integrity education in research institutions,so as to pro-vide reference for preventing academic misconduct.