TOOLBOX TOOLS PUBLICATION and COMMUNICATION Authorship

Authorship

SOP

How to recognise potential authorship problems

To help recognize signs that might indicate authorship problems.

Clear policies (that allow for transparency around who contributed to the work and in what capacity) should be in place for requirements for authorship and contributorship as well as processes for managing potential disputes.

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Reference of the resource

COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics — How to recognise potential authorship problems — English. https://doi.org/ 10.24318/cope. 2019.2.22 ©2021 Committee on Publication Ethics (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Topic:

Publication and communication

Subopic:

Authorship

Type of resource:

SOP

Relevant discipline(s):

All

Relevant stakeholder(s):

Post-graduate students

PhD candidates

Early career researchers

Senior researchers

Researchers in industry

Supervisors

Research administrators

Members of Research Ethics Committees

Members of Research Integrity Offices/Bodies

Members of RPO research committees

Ombudsmen

Editors

Publishers

Peer reviewers

Relevant organisational level(s):

System (macro level)

Institution (meso level)

Published/put into force:

2018