Authorship in scientific manuscripts in occupational therapy: a descriptive study

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO263834433

Keywords:

Occupational Therapy, Journal Articles, Authorship

Abstract

Introduction: The benefits of multiple authorship are undoubted, but sometimes the number of authors is disproportionately greater than the intellectual content. Objective: To know the average authorship in the occupational therapy field and assess its possible determinants. Method: 19 journals of the discipline were included. We select research articles and systematic reviews. Results: We found an average of 3.5 authors, with an increase of 0.9 (R2=0.86) from 2011 to 2020. The number of multiple authorships is greater than individual authorships. The three possible determinants of the increase in authorship seem to be: (a) visibility (open access/charge journals increase the number of authorships by 40.2%); (b) the impact factor (JCR [Journal Citation Report] journals increase by 15.7% compared to others) and (c) quartiles (ESCI Emerging Sources Citation Index] journals appear in the publishing landscape and SSCI/SCI [Social Science Citation Index/ Science Citation Index]experience their biggest rise of 10.5% in Q1 [First Quartile]). Conclusion: This study provides complete and contrasted information for the first time, showing the average authorship of occupational therapy articles and the determinants that influence it.

Downloads

Published

2023-04-18

How to Cite

Sobrido-Prieto, M., Talavera-Valverde, M.- Ángel, & Souto-Gómez, A.-I. . (2023). Authorship in scientific manuscripts in occupational therapy: a descriptive study. Brazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31. https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO263834433

Issue

Vol. 31 (2023)

Section

Original Article

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Brazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The “Statement of Responsibility, Copyright and License Agreement” according to the model below must be signed by all the authors and sent during the article submission.

Statement of Responsibility, Copyright and License Agreement

Submission date:

Paper’s Title:

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that:

  1. I participated in the conception of the paper and make public my responsibility for its content.

  2. All information concerning any source of funding received for the development of this research has been properly disclosed and made available to the editors during the submission.
  3. There were no connections or agreements between authors and funding sources that constitute any conflict of interest, potential or apparent, that may affect the results of the research.
  4. If experiments with human or animal subjects were involved all ethical procedures were followed and approved by an Institutional Review Board and that informed consent has been collected and archived when necessary, and the dissemination of images was authorized and I assume full responsibility for it.
  5. That the manuscript is original and that the research is not in part nor in whole currently submitted to another periodical, either in print or in an electronic format, nor is any other material of my authorship with substantially similar content so submitted.
  6. If requested, I will provide and cooperate fully in obtaining and providing data on which this text is based, for the editors’ examination.
  7. I have read and agreed with the terms of the Open Access and License Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY), available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Authors’ full names and signatures list: