['To outline some of the major ethical problems related to multiple authorship.', 'A survey of the literature, data collected over the years, regarding multiple authors, e.g., definition, contribution, ethical behavior and guidelines, and personal experience were the primary inputs.', "Despite the efforts of a number of editors' organizations, there still is a major problem in the attribution of authors' credits to those who had nothing to do with the writing."] Are up for grabs -- authors a dime a dozen : the problem of multiple authors?