Revista española de salud pública
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Rev. Esp. Salud Publica · Nov 2010
[Fulfilment of the criteria about scientific authorship in Spanish biomedical and health science journals included in Journal Citation Reports].
Scientific journals have been recognized to have the authority to register both the ownership of ideas and the validity of published knowledge. This paper explores the extent to which the editorial policies of journals contribute to ensure the accuracy of scientific authorship. ⋯ Only 48% of the journals include one or some instructions related with scientific authorship. Results coincide with those of other studies. Despite the existence of an international standard such as URM, authorship criteria provided by journals are scarce and uneven. The assertion that URM is universally well-known by medical journals is questioned.