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Infographic on how to recognise potential authorship problems, and best practice on minimising authorship problems.
Key points
- Clear policies, that allow for transparency around who contributed to the work and in what capacity, should be in place.
- Encourage awareness of emerging standards such as CRediT (contributor roles taxonomy) and ORCID (persistent identifiers).
- Processes for managing potential disputes must be in place.
Related resources
- Guest, ghost or gift authorship in a submitted manuscript, flowchart
- How to spot authorship problems, guidance
Core practices:
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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)
https://publicationethics.org
Version history
Version 1: November 2018. Redesigned May 2021.
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Version 2: April 2023
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10 February 2023
Redesigned flowchart published, updated citation information.
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