Perish and publish: Dynamics of biomedical publications by deceased authors

• Chol-Hee Jung,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Melbourne Bioinformatics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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• Paul C. Boutros,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Institute for Precision Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

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• Daniel J. Park,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Bioinformatics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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• Niall M. Corcoran,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia, Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Department of Urology, Western Health, Footscray, VIC, Australia, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, VIC, Australia, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, VIC, Australia

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• Bernard J. Pope,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Bioinformatics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4840-1095

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• Christopher M. Hovens

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chovens@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia, Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, VIC, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0610-1289

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