Five-step authorship framework to improve transparency in disclosing contributors to industry-sponsored clinical trial publications

Table 1 Survey respondent demographics

Characteristic	Frequency	Percent
Respondent group:
Clinical investigator	145	29.1
Journal editor	108	21.7
Publication professional	132	26.5
Medical writer	113	22.7
Total	498	100.0
Years associated with industry-sponsored clinical trial:
3 to 5 years	89	17.9
6 to 10 years	116	23.3
11 to 20 years	176	35.3
20+ years	117	23.5
Total	498	100.0
Number of industry-sponsored clinical trial publications as an author in the past 10 years ^a
0 to 2 papers	54	37.2
3 to 5 papers	38	26.2
6 to 10 papers	21	14.5
11 to 20 papers	17	11.7
20+ papers	15	10.4
Total	145	100.0

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