Multiple Voices on Authorship and Authority in Biomedical Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Abstract

The intersection of industry sponsorship, government regulation, academic interests, and medical journals is a core interest in biomedical research, and one that overlaps with concerns in the rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM). At stake in conversations about this intersection are authority and participation: who is and is not invited to offer opinions and, even when invited, whose opinions are taken seriously. Following, colleagues with ties to the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) present their ideas in response to questions about authorship and authority posed by another, who is also an RHM scholar. The answers of medical journal editors and publications professionals employed by corporate entities largely align with the view that both authorship and authority should be determined by scientific practice and knowledge rather than power relations or politics. A philosopher who gave an invited plenary talk at the national ISMPP meeting and participated in the organization’s first white paper offers a different perspective, considering the ways that fields self-constitute in part by bounding authority and authorship.

Identifier

85202078435 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Rhetoric of Health and Medicine

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.5744/rhm.2020.4003

e-ISSN

25735063

ISSN

25735055

First Page

408

Last Page

429

Issue

4

Volume

3

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