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Authorship in Research
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A Russian website offering authorship in accepted research papers for a price is being probed for malpractice. Read on to know the reaction of the industry to this…
- Irfan Syed
- July 28, 2019
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An author’s degree of contribution to a study can sometimes be identified by the order in which the names appear in the byline of the publication, but it is usually very…
- Wolters Kluwer
- June 27, 2018
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At the beginning of each scholarly article, beneath the title, is a list of the authors. We get so used to writing our name, together with the names of our co-authors…
- Nick Rushby
- January 15, 2018
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The previous post explained the main duties of the corresponding author before a manuscript is submitted to the journal. This post talks about what a corresponding…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- January 11, 2018
- 8k views
The role of a corresponding author is an important one in the publication process. This post gives you a brief idea of what it means to be a corresponding author of a…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- January 2, 2018
- 25.6k views
We have heard of co-authors being denied authorship, but what if researchers who have not been a part of a paper are listed as co-authors without their knowledge?…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 5, 2016
- 10.5k views
We have heard of authors not being given credit for a work they have significantly contributed to. However, have you heard of any author who himself wishes to remain…
- Kakoli Majumder
- January 22, 2016
- 18.6k views
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The role and definition of authorship in scientific and medical publishing has become increasingly complicated in recent years. With a proliferation of…
- Wolters Kluwer
- November 30, 2015
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What happens if one of the co-authors of a study passes away during manuscript preparation. Does his intellectual contribution merit authorship even if he has not been…
- Kakoli Majumder
- November 25, 2015
- 27.2k views
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With collaboration and mobility becoming the norm in research, there are cases where a manuscript might have more than one corresponding author. Do journals allow this?…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 1, 2015
- 60.7k views