2Editor in Chief Scientific Medical Journal
3Editor in Chief Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux-Pratique
4Editor in Chief Cor et Vasa
5Editor in Chief Clinical Research in Cardiology
6Editor in Chief Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico
7Editor in Chief Acta Cardiologica Sinica
8Editor in Chief Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
9Editor in Chief Medicinski Zurnal
10Editor in Chief SA Heart
11Editor in Chief Revista Colombiana de Cardiologia
12Editor in Chief Kardiyovaskuler Hemsirelik Dergisi
13Editor in Chief Revista Española de Cardiología
14Editor in Chief Kardiologia Polska
15Editor in Chief Cardio News
16Editor in Chief Bulgarian Journal of Cardiology
17Editor in Chief Romanian Journal of Cardiology
18Editor in Chief Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
19Editor in Chief Revue Tunisienne de Cardiologie
20Editor in Chief The Egyptian Heart Journal
Abstract
The Editors´ Network of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) provides a dynamic forum for editorial discussions and endorses the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to improve the scientific quality of biomedical journals. Authorship confers credit and important academic rewards. Recently, however, the ICMJE emphasized that authorship also requires responsibility and accountability. These issues are now covered by the new (fourth) criterion for authorship. Authors should agree to be accountable and ensure that questions regarding the accuracy and integrity of the entire work will be appropriately addressed. This review discusses the implications of this paradigm shift on authorship requirements with the aim of increasing awareness on good scientific and editorial practices.