PLoS medicine
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Ghost authorship, the failure to name, as an author, an individual who has made substantial contributions to an article, may result in lack of accountability. The prevalence and nature of ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials is not known. ⋯ Ghost authorship in industry-initiated trials is very common. Its prevalence could be considerably reduced, and transparency improved, if existing guidelines were followed, and if protocols were publicly available.
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Kass and colleagues explore the strengths and weaknesses of research ethics committees in Africa.
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The Worldmapper Web site is a collection of world maps where territories are re-sized according to the subject of interest.
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Drug companies have tried to influence the scientific record so as to make their products look healthier. Are food companies doing the same?