COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on the addition of an extra author before publication.
Key points
- Major changes in response to reviewer comments, e.g. adding new data might justify the inclusion of a new author.
More flowcharts on authorship changes
- Addition of an extra author - after publication
- Removal of an author - before publication
- Removal of an author - after publication
Core practices:
About this resource
Cite this as
COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics — Changes in authorship. Addition of extra author — before publication — English.
https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.8
©2021 Committee on Publication Ethics (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
https://publicationethics.org
Version history
Version 2: May 2021
Version 1: 2006
Full page history
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4 January 2022
Made citation visible; tidied links.
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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 to new title to match the revision of the All Flowcharts PDF