JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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JAMA
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To determine whether journals have improved their disclosure of ethical protections in clinical trials. ⋯ Major medical journals have improved their reporting on informed consent and ethics committee approval; however, 9% of studies still report neither.
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To determine the prevalence of honorary and ghost authorship in Cochrane reviews, how authorship is assigned, and the ways in which authors and Cochrane editorial teams contribute. ⋯ A substantial proportion of reviews had evidence of honorary and ghost authorship. The Cochrane editorial teams contributed to most Cochrane reviews.