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An author by any other name
See response from: J. Hoey I enjoyed the commentary describing the revised author-declaration rules in the Sept. 19th issue.1 From the description of Attila Lorincz's contribution to the article on human papillomavirus DNA testing in the same issue, [Research]2 I am uncertain of the justification for Lorincz's inclusion as a coauthor. Did I overlook a key piece of information? Or were you just testing to see if your readers are paying attention? Of course, this raises another question: Are journal editors and their staff (and peer reviewers) now going to be expected to review the authors' contributions and decide whether each of the proposed authors should be listed, or will this responsibility fall to the group of proposed authors (an honour system)?
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