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COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do for removal of an author before publication.
It is most important to check with the author(s) whose name(s) is/are being removed from the paper and get their agreement in writing.
Other authorship changes flowcharts:
Part a) Addition of an extra author - before publication
Part c) Addition of an extra author - after publication
Part d) Removal of an author - after publication
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COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics — Changes in authorship. Removal of author — before publication — English. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.9 ©2021 Committee on Publication Ethics (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://publicationethics.org
Version history
Version 2: May 2021 Version 1: 2006
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Version 2 flowchart published, new page alias, updated citation information.
Changed title to match the revision of the All Flowchart PDF