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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 Changes in authorship, Part (c) A request is received for the addition of an extra author after publication.

To prevent future problems:

  1. Before publication, get authors to sign statement that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and that no others meeting the criteria have been omitted.
  2. Publish details of each person’s contribution to their search and publication.

Other flowcharts in this series:

Part a) The corresponding author requests the addition of an extra author before publication.

Part b) The corresponding author requests removal of an author before publication.

Part d) A request is received for the removal of an author after publication.

 

Core practices:

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Author Developed for COPE by Liz Wager of Sideview © 2013 Committee on Publication Ethics First published 2006
Version 1 2006
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COPE Council.Request for addition of extra author after publication. Version 2. 2013
 
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