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Changes in authorship: Addition of extra author – after publication

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.10

COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on 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.

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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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  • 31 January 2022

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  • 24 July 2021

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