Author and authorship: A dilemma

[摘要] Clearly, authorship credit and authorship order are most complicated matters. This is an area where misunderstanding is possible among researchers. It is important to agree as to who will be listed as an author before writing the paper. Who is an “author?” According to the ICMJE — International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, an author is generally considered as someone who has made substantive intellectual contribution to a published study, and biomedical authorship continues to have important academic, social, and financial implications.