RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Authorship Trends in the Rheumatology Literature, 1990–2020
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.210164
DO 10.3899/jrheum.210164
A1 Ikechukwu V.  Mbonu
A1 Iryna Nemesh
A1 Elizabeth Suelzer
A1 Abigail Thorgerson
A1 Michael Putman
YR 2021
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2021/04/27/jrheum.210164.abstract
AB The number of cited authors per publication has increased substantially over time in the field of medicine.1,2 This trend of “authorship inflation” has been observed in high-impact medical journals1 and multiple medical subspecialties,2 but to our knowledge has yet to be assessed in the field of rheumatology.