Chapter 6 Flashcards
When should decisions about coauthorships be made?
Early on in the research process.
What do good coauthors do?
1) Adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards
2) Ask alot of questions
3) Pay attention to details
4) Provide valuable feedback
5) Committed to developing their technical writing skills
6) Disclose conflicts of interest
7) Accept responsibility for their contributions and for the whole project
8) Treat all members with respect
9) Respond quickly and never miss a deadline.
Most researchers serve as middle coauthors before moving into a lead author role for the first time. What does “middle coauthors” mean?
Ones who are not listed first or last in the order of coauthors
Anyone who is contributing and wants to be considered for inclusion in the coauthor list should do what?
Have a conversation with the lead author as early as possible in the research process so that roles and responsibilities can be clarified.
Who constructs the list of coauthors? What is the list based on?
The lead author; widely accepted disciplinary standards.
True or false;
All decisions about coauthorship should be transparent and communicated to potential coauthors only.
False; All decisions about coauthorship should be transparent and communicated to potential coauthors and those who will be acknowledged, but not considered coauthors.
Which committee has established critera for coauthorship?
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
To earn coauthorship, a researcher must meet all four of the following conditions:
1) Making substantial contributions to conception and design of the study and/or data collection, analysis, or interpretation
2) Drafting the article and/or providing critical revisions of intellectual content
3) Approving the final version of the article that is submitted and published
4) Accepting responsibility for the integrity of the paper
True or false:
Participating in design, conduct, and analysis is sufficient to earn authorship.
False; it also requires participation of writing the report.
A manuscript should not be submitted to a journal until all the coauthors have done what?
Consented to the submission and agreed to accept responsibility for the integrity of their contributions.
What are ghost authorships? Are they allowed?
Someone who makes a substantial intellectual contribution is not appropriately recognized; no it’s not allowed.
What is a gift authorship; is it allowed?
When someone is given honorary coauthorship without having significantly contributed to the work; no it’s not allowed.
Anyone who contributes to a paper but does not meet the coauthorship requirements should be:
Named in the acknowledgments section, NOT added to the list of coauthors.
Usually, who is listed as the first author?
The lead author (involved in most of the writing) OR the person who does most of the writing.
If there is any doubt about who should be the first author, what should be done?
There should be a consultation with all of the people who took a major role in conducting the study to decide who the first author should be.