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COPE at COMPARE Life Sciences Workshop on Authorship, UK
…added to papers) and how difficult is it to determine the extent to which this occurs. There was general agreement that the use of authorship order to indicate involvement in contributions to a paper is outdated, and personal contributions need to be recognised. It was heartening to hear senior Principal Investigators share that when they consider people for roles in their labs it is not about… - Case
Authorship dispute
…which time he was excluded from authorship. Professor Z did know this action had been taken, apparently by Professor Y, but did not question it. The final resolution involved compromise on both sides, and neither party was happy with my final decision. The resolution involved a corrigendum stating: “This corrigendum is to note that Dr X should have been acknowledged as an author on the… - Case
Authorship issue
The editors of a scientific journal were sent a letter of complaint from Drs A and B who noticed that a paper had been published online ahead of the print edition authored by Dr C. Their primary complaint was that they were not included in the authorship and should have been. Other points made in their (rather confusing letters) were that: they had contributed to the paper in the sense… - Case
Questions of authorship, duplicate publication and copyright
…guarantor) had ever heard of this chapter or the book. They had not consented to the publication or the authorship of the chapter. The remaining six original authors were acknowledged for their help with the study, but were not listed as authors of the chapter. The chapter acknowledged that the data it contained had been published before. Enquiries to the publisher of the textbook revealed that the sixth… - Case
Authorship dispute
…from the published article. The statement was copied with Y’s approval to the corresponding author, X, to give him the opportunity to respond. X responded and arranged for two colleagues, A and B, to submit statements about the research work in question. Y (the complainant) also submitted further information about the research work. This correspondence spawned a series of allegations, denials,… - Case
Should we allow pseudonymous authorship?
…a competition, and the corresponding author explained that they had utilised pseudonyms when participating as they had taken part as independent researchers working on personal interests outside their company office hours. They wish to continue to do so even upon receiving recognition. They stated that they fulfill ICMJE's authorship criteria and are real individuals. They welcome advice on how to proceed… - Seminars and webinars
China Seminar 2017: Promoting awareness of good authorship practice
Download the presentation to view it Download presentation: Promoting awareness of good authorship practice [PDF, 1,290KB]… - Case
Inconclusive institutional investigation into authorship dispute
…not to have noticed the mistake at that time. The journal asked Author B to explain the reason for objecting to the erratum. Author B instead replied with an accusation that Author A did not contribute to the experiments or writing of the article and therefore should be removed from the author list. The journal contacted all authors reminding them of the ICMJE authorship criteria and asking… - Case
Authorship dispute
The Forum agreed that the current paper cannot stand in its present form—some form of correction of the literature needs to be done. It is clear that the data are the intellectual property of Dr B, but this is essentially an authorship dispute, and it is up to the authors to resolve it. Although the results of the paper are not in dispute, the editor could decide to retract the paper and tell… - Case
What constitutes authorship?
…make a substantial scientific contribution to the article and that the notice in the acknowledgments was appropriate. Authors X and Y hold similar views as to what author Y's contribution was, but different views on whether this is sufficient for authorship. The editor notified authors X, Y and the administrative head of the institute, and recommended that the parties resolve the matter among… - Case
Authorship without the author’s knowledge
A paper was rejected on the reviewer’s recommendation. The editor met one of the senior authors at a conference and out of politeness apologised for rejecting his paper. He was surprised to learn that the senior author had no knowledge of this paper and that the corresponding author had written papers using the senior author’s name without his knowledge in the past. This prompted the editor to… - Case
Dispute over authorship and usage of research protocol
…communicate with one another in order to find a resolution to the problem and agree how, or if, this paper should be published in a journal issue or whether it should be retracted outright. Dr Z has since written to Professor X saying that there was no agreed usage of the protocol or publication plan and that he was kept informed of the ongoing project. Dr Z reiterated an offer to change the list of authors… - Case
New claim to authorship of published paper
…input to the work. Author X said that the correct authorship should be X and A in that order. Author X provided as evidence an internal document submitted to and accepted by the university authorities in May 2010 in fulfilment of a requirement to demonstrate capability for research. His academic record confirms that this submission was successful. He then changed supervisor (and department)… - Event
COPE Seminar 2021
…on different issues in an interactive session with polls and feedback from attendees. Watch introduction to publication ethics webinar Authorship for sale - how do we deal with the growing problem of paper mills?… - Event
5th World Conference on Research Integrity
…impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize”. Ginny will hear various perspectives from the panel debating the issues to explore whether we can rethink how we can address such problems by adopting less conventional approaches. Speakers include: Marie-Andre Jacob (Keele University), Jane Jacobs (Queensland University of… - Case
Stolen data and omission from the authorship list
_ Under the Vancouver guidelines, simply providing cases does not constitute authorship. _ The onus was on the journal to pursue this because the paper had now been published. _ The editor should contact the head of department, but if the institution is unwilling to look at it, then it should be left as an unresolved case. _ First of all, request an explanation from the authors.… - Case
Questionable authorship information
…writers are unlikely to be named as authors on primary research articles. However they may qualify for authorship of review articles, for example if they have conducted an extensive literature search.’ We are also concerned that the institutional association may no longer be valid as information elsewhere indicates that the author is now employed elsewhere. The authors have freely disclosed… - Case
Authorship dispute
A manuscript was published by journal X and submitted by author A (last author). Author B claims that fraud occurred in relation to authorship for the following reasons. (1) Author A did not take part in producing the data for the paper and has never been a co-author on any version of the manuscript.(2) A paper with very similar content ,which was part of the PhD thesis of author… - Flowcharts
Changes in authorship: Removal of author – after publication
COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do for removal of an author after publication. Changes in authorship: Removal of author - after publication - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
…publishing industry more widely. There will be tips on how to spot and deal with suspected paper mill submissions and guidance on how to manage large scale paper mills. Read more and register…