A responsible authorship culture is needed and it is a collective responsibility

Key Points

• The comment emphasizes the need for a collective responsibility in establishing a responsible authorship culture.
• Formal comment issued by representatives from major journals
• Call for a principles-based approach
• Advocacy for collaborative authorship standards
• Highlighting gaps in current authorship practices
• Encouragement for journals to adopt unified authorship principles
• Stress on the importance of ethical authorship collaboration