COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, about the addition of an extra author after publication.
Key points
- Before publication, get authors to sign statement that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and that no others meeting the criteria have been omitted.
- Publish details of each person’s contribution to their search and publication.
More flowcharts on authorship changes
Core practices:
About this resource
Cite this as
COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics — Changes in authorship. Addition of extra author — after publication — English.
https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.10
©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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22 June 2023
Made citation visible.
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24 July 2021
Version 2 flowchart published, new page alias, updated citation information.
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12 February 2021
Changed title as per the revision of the All Flowcharts PDF
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12 February 2021
Changed title as per the revision of the All Flowcharts PDF