# A responsible authorship culture is needed and it is a collective responsibility

## TL;DR

This paper calls for a collective effort to establish a responsible authorship culture in scientific publishing.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a principle-based approach to authorship as a novel framework for responsible scientific publishing.

## Key findings

- Representatives from PLOS, Nature, and JAMA advocate for a unified approach to authorship.
- A principle-based framework is proposed to foster responsibility in scientific authorship.

## Abstract

In this Formal Comment, representatives from PLOS, Nature and JAMA call for action on adopting a principle-based approach for a responsible authorship culture