Emma Jonson How do you handle authorship disputes a guide for new researchers cope?
Continue to discuss ideas about authorship as the project evolves, and especially if new people get involved. Keep a written record of your decisions. Many authorship difficulties arise because of misplaced expectations and poor communication.
How do you prove shared first authorship?
Traditionally, co-first authors are indicated by an asterisk and the order of the individuals is the decision of the PI. Once the paper is published, it appears in print as follows: co-Author 1*, co-Author 2*, Author 3, and Author 4.
How can authorship conflict be avoided?
Talk early and often about authorship and authorship order for each project’s manuscript(s)
- the specific criteria to be used for your project.
- the decision making process—who provides what input, how decisions are made, who has final say if a consensus agreement is not reached.
- how to address disagreements if they arise.
How does arbitration work in a authorship dispute?
Arbitration or mediation could provide solutions to authorship disputes where few presently exist. Because authors recognize journals’ authority to make decisions about manuscripts submitted to the journal, journals are well placed to facilitate alternative dispute resolution processes.
What are the options for resolving authorship disputes?
This paper examines the options that researchers have in resolving authorship disputes. Discussions about authorship disputes often address how to prevent disputes but rarely address how to resolve them. Both individuals and larger research communities are harmed by the limited options for dispute resolution.
What makes a authorship dispute a predictable outcome?
The combination of many people (e.g., large research teams) given vague guidance (e.g., authorship guidelines) about distributing limited resources (e.g., first authorships) with clear career consequences (e.g., hiring and promotion) make authorship disputes a completely predictable outcome.
Which is an example of an Attribution dispute?
Independent bodies that can offer alternative dispute resolution services to scientific collaborators and/or journals could quickly help research communities, particularly their most vulnerable members. Academic authorship is an example of attribution [ 1 ], where people’s career reputation is based on credit for work they have performed.