Writing up your own work
Topic: Co-authoring
What guidelines do you use for determining who may and may not be credited as an author in jointly written work?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of issues and responses that may arise when writing publications that are based on collaborative work
- your skills in negotiating authorship agreements and applying acknowledgement policies when co-authoring work for publication
In this topic, you are asked to work through the issues in a problematic case of authorship.
University policy related to this topic:
Monash University. Research and research training operational manual. Section 2.9.1.4 Authorship
http://www.monash.edu.au/research/statements/opmanual/res2914.html
The University of Melbourne Regulation 17.1.R8 - Code of conduct for research
Further reading on this topic:
Australian Research Council, Australian Vice Chancellors Committee, & National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006, February). Second consultation draft revision of the joint NHMRC / AVCC statement and guidelines on research practice. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/policy/_files/acrcr.pdf
Section 6, on authorship sets out the responsibilities of researchers to follow policies on authorship; agree on authorship; include all authors; not allow unacceptable inclusions of authorship; acknowledge other contributions fairly; follow journal authorship requirements; and extend authorship policies to web-based publications. It also sets out the responsibilities of institutions to develop and maintain criteria for authorship; maintain signed acknowledgements of authorship for all publications; and prevent and manage authorship disputes.
Responsible conduct of research Course 3 Authorship and peer review Foundation text. (2003-4). Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr/rcr_authorship/foundation/
Outlines the importance of authorship, who is an author and problems that can arise with authorship, in an academic context, and provides extensive resources relevant to a cross-section of disciplines.
Overview | Publishing your work | Citing your own work
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