Table 3. Correlation of answers to questions and the academic degree of the respondents.
| Academical status | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Postgraduate | Master of Science | PhD | |||
| Have you been added to the article as co-author even You did not give contribution (honorary authorship)? p=0.118 | N | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| % | 0.0 | 27.3 | 54.5 | 25.7 | 34.8 | |
| Have you given contribution to some article but you were not on author list (ghost authorship)? p=0.264 | N | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 |
| % | 100.0 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 57.1 | 50.7 | |
| Have you been under the obligation to add your superiors in list of authors. in order to be able to submit article to the journal? p=0.445 | N | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| % | 0.0 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 28.6 | 36.2 | |
| Have you ever added your superiors in list of authors of an article in order to keep “peace” at work? p=0.583 | N | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
| % | 0.0 | 45.5 | 40.9 | 54.3 | 47.8 | |
| Do you have a reciprocal agreement with your colleagues about the simultaneous signing on articles? p=0.906 | N | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| % | 0.0 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 31.4 | 29.0 | |
| Have you heard about COPE and ICMJE principles? p=0.781 | N | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 45 |
| % | 100.0 | 63.6 | 59.1 | 68.6 | 65.2 | |
| Total | N | 1 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 69 |
| % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |