Authorship in scientific manuscripts in occupational therapy: a descriptive study

• Autor(a) principal: Sobrido-Prieto, María
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Talavera-Valverde, Miguel-Ángel, Souto-Gómez, Ana-Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional
• Texto Completo: https://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/3443
• topic: Terapia Ocupacional; Artículo de Revista; Autoría; Terapia Ocupacional/Educação; Artigo de Revista; Autoria; Occupational Therapy; Journal Articles; Authorship

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.