Representatives of PLOS, Nature, and JAMA published a formal commentary titled "Responsible Authorship Culture Is Necessary and a Collective Responsibility." The authors are Véronique Kiermer, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Magdalena Skipper. In the commentary, they call for the adoption of a fundamental approach to the culture of responsible authorship. They emphasize that a responsible author's culture is necessary. They consider it a collective responsibility.