Publisering

The publication of scientific articles originating from OUS must follow recognized scientific norms. A guideline for scientific publication has been established at the hospital. This policy is based on principles incorporated in:

• The Vancouver Recommendations
• The Helsinki Declaration (Art 36)

Harmonized guidelines for addressing and crediting scientific articles have been established through the Collaborative Body for the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and the University of Oslo. These are also available on the university's website.

For more information on registration and approval of scientific articles, see OUS 'web pages. Here you will also find contact information to super users for the CRISTIN system and a guideline for the registration of scientific articles.

If you have questions about co-authorship and publication regulations, Regional Research Support can assist. Inquiries can be addressed to godkjenning@ous-hf.no. See also our own webpage on research integrity issues.

OUS assumes that all employees comply with the criteria of the Vancouver Convention on co-authorship for scientific publications.

When a contributor to a scientific publication does not meet the co-authorship requirements under the Vancouver Convention, the convention recommends that the contribution be mentioned under “Acknowledgments” or similar. Examples of activities that do not qualify a contributor for authorship are technical assistance, writing assistance or general support in the form of financing and infrastructure. In such cases, the contributor must give his acceptance to be mentioned in the Acknowledgments. Management of acceptance is handled by the authors, based on documentation requirements from the individual journal if applicable.

Publication is a matter of trust and ethics, which is explicitly advocated by the Vancouver Convention. Scientific journals base their evaluations on confidence that the authors' manuscripts are founded on ethically sound research, in accordance with recognized scientific principles and relevant regulatory requirements.

Researchers at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) are obliged to investigate whether the journal in which they wish to publish is a serious, approved publishing channel, in order to avoid so-called predatory journals. These are junk journals that utilize Open Access (OA) publishing to scam article fees from researchers.