Journal Information
Journal ID (publisher-id): BM
Journal ID (nlm-ta): Biochem Med
Title: Biochemia Medica
Abbreviated Title: Biochem. Med.
ISSN (print): 1330-0962
ISSN (electronic): 1846-7482
Publisher: Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Article Information
Copyright: 2016, Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry
Date received: 30 March 2016
Date accepted: 07 May 2016
Publication date (print and electronic): 10 June 2016
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Pages: 169-173
Publisher ID: bm-26-169
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2016.017
Scientific author names: errors, corrections, and identity profiles
Armen Yuri Gasparyan[1]
Marlen Yessirkepov[2]
Alexey N. Gerasimov[3]
Elena I. Kostyukova[4]
[1] Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK
[2] Department of Biochemistry, Biology and Microbiology, South Kazakhstan State Pharmaceutical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
[3] Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Stavropol, Russian Federation
[4] Department of Accounting Management, Faculty of Accounting and Finance, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Stavropol, Russian Federation
[5] Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Author notes:
Corresponding author: a.gasparyan@gmail.com
Authorship problems are deep-rooted in the field of science communication. Some of these relate to lack of specific journal instructions. For decades, experts in journal editing and publishing have been exploring the authorship criteria and contributions deserving either co-authorship or acknowledgment. The issue of inconsistencies of listing and abbreviating author names has come to the fore lately. There are reports on the difficulties of figuring out Chinese surnames and given names of South Indians in scholarly articles. However, it seems that problems with correct listing and abbreviating author names are global. This article presents an example of swapping second (father’s) name with surname in a ‘predatory’ journal, where numerous instances of incorrectly identifying and crediting authors passed unnoticed for the journal editors, and no correction has been published. Possible solutions are discussed in relation to identifying author profiles and adjusting editorial policies to the emerging problems. Correcting mistakes with author names post-publication and integrating with the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) platform are among them.
Keywords: authorship; author names; science communication; identity; editorial policies
