TY - JOUR
T1 - A policy toolkit for authorship and dissemination policies may benefit NIH research consortia
AU - Brubaker, Linda
AU - Nodora, Jesse
AU - Bavendam, Tamara
AU - Connett, John
AU - Claussen, Amy M.
AU - Lewis, Cora E.
AU - Rudser, Kyle
AU - Sutcliffe, Siobhan
AU - Wyman, Jean F.
AU - Miller, Janis M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Authorship and dissemination policies vary across NIH research consortia. We aimed to describe elements of real-life policies in use by eligible U01 clinical research consortia. Principal investigators of eligible, active U01 clinical research projects identified in the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools database shared relevant policies. The characteristics of key policy elements, determined a priori, were reviewed and quantified, when appropriate. Twenty one of 81 research projects met search criteria and provided policies. K elements (e.g., in quotations): “manuscript proposals reviewed and approved by committee” (90%); “guidelines for acknowledgements” (86%); “writing team formation” (71%); “process for final manuscript review and approval” (71%), “responsibilities for lead author” (67%), “guidelines for other types of publications” (67%); “draft manuscript review and approval” (62%); “recommendation for number of members per consortium site” (57%); and “requirement to identify individual contributions in the manuscript” (19%). Authorship/dissemination policies for large team science research projects are highly variable. Creation of an NIH policies repository and accompanying toolkit with model language and recommended key elements could improve comprehensiveness, ethical integrity, and efficiency in team science work while reducing burden and cost on newly funded consortia and directing time and resources to scientific endeavors.
AB - Authorship and dissemination policies vary across NIH research consortia. We aimed to describe elements of real-life policies in use by eligible U01 clinical research consortia. Principal investigators of eligible, active U01 clinical research projects identified in the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools database shared relevant policies. The characteristics of key policy elements, determined a priori, were reviewed and quantified, when appropriate. Twenty one of 81 research projects met search criteria and provided policies. K elements (e.g., in quotations): “manuscript proposals reviewed and approved by committee” (90%); “guidelines for acknowledgements” (86%); “writing team formation” (71%); “process for final manuscript review and approval” (71%), “responsibilities for lead author” (67%), “guidelines for other types of publications” (67%); “draft manuscript review and approval” (62%); “recommendation for number of members per consortium site” (57%); and “requirement to identify individual contributions in the manuscript” (19%). Authorship/dissemination policies for large team science research projects are highly variable. Creation of an NIH policies repository and accompanying toolkit with model language and recommended key elements could improve comprehensiveness, ethical integrity, and efficiency in team science work while reducing burden and cost on newly funded consortia and directing time and resources to scientific endeavors.
KW - Author contributions
KW - author responsibilities
KW - corporate authorship
KW - external authorship
KW - guidelines
KW - publication duplication
KW - writing teams
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137691711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08989621.2022.2116318
DO - 10.1080/08989621.2022.2116318
M3 - Article
C2 - 35998252
AN - SCOPUS:85137691711
SN - 0898-9621
VL - 31
SP - 222
EP - 240
JO - Accountability in Research
JF - Accountability in Research
IS - 3
ER -