Authorship and contributorship of published data: dealing with concerns

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759

Concerns are raised regarding authorship or contributorship of research data, after publication. The flowchart provides data publishers, such as a journal or data repository, a step by step guide on how to handle the concerns.

This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group.

Key points

• Concerns may relate to a change in author order, or other dataset contributor or authorship issues.
• Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the institution.

Related resources

• Authorship and contributorship of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart 
• Legal and regulatory restrictions of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
• Legal and regulatory restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
• Concerns about risk in unpublished data COPE flowchart
• Concerns about risk in published data COPE flowchart
• Scientific rigour of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
• Scientific rigour of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
• Recommendations for the handling of ethical concerns relating to the publication of research data Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group recommendations
• Policy template text for data publishers, journals and data repositories Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group templates