On Authors and Contributors

It is the responsibility of every person listed as the author of an article published in the Journal to have contributed in a meaningful and identifiable way to the design, performance, analysis, and reporting of the work. The specific requirements for authorship promulgated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which have been adopted by many biomedical journals, are posted on its Web site at http://www.icmje.org. By extension of this reasoning, it is logical that those who meet the criteria for authorship not be excluded as authors. However, our current editorial policy limits to 12 the number of . . .