TOOLBOX TOOLS PUBLICATION and COMMUNICATION Authorship

Authorship

Guideline

How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers

To help new researchers prevent and resolve authorship problems.

This document provides: (a) suggestions for good authorship practice that should reduce the incidence of such dilemmas, (b) advice on what to do when authorship problems do arise, and (c) a glossary of key concepts in authorship, with some reading lists and websites for those who wish to take this further.

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Reference of the resource

How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers, Tim Albert and Elizabeth Wager, The COPE Report 2003.

Topic:

Publication and communication

Subopic:

Authorship

Type of resource:

Guideline

Relevant discipline(s):

All

Relevant stakeholder(s):

All stakeholders of scientific research

Relevant organisational level(s):

System (macro level)

Institution (meso level)

Published/put into force:

2003