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Nazish Masud, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Emad Masuadi, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Afaf Moukaddem, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aamir Omair, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohamud Mohamud, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Al Dubayee, College of Public Health Science and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alaa Althubaiti, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Khabti Alnamshan, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Manal Bawazeer, Department of Pediatric Surgery, King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed I. AlJasser, Research unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Purpose: To develop and validate an objective and comprehensive authorship scoring system for determining the order of authorship in a scientific publication. Methods: A multi-phased mix-method study (Delphi followed by cross sectional survey) was conducted (January 2017 to March 2019) at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The initial Delphi method was followed by a cross-sectional survey with academic faculty members (n = 132). For validity and reliability of a newly developed 15-item tool for identification of authorship order in a scientific publication, exploratory factor analysis was performed using SPSS version 22. Results: The 15-item tool for identification of authorship order was identified after consensus with 10 research experts through three Delphi rounds. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed four-factor structure explaining 59% of the variance. The final ordering criteria consisted of 13 items; weightage for each item was normalized based on the percentage agreement of the participants from the cross-sectional survey. The total weightage was 100% for all 13 items. Discussion: The current authorship ordering criteria consists of key dimensions of research and provides a weightage which can be used to recommend the order of authorship in scientific publication. The scoring system is likely to be useful for publications in different fields in scientific publication. The scoring system is likely to be useful for publications in different fields in science. © 2020 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

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