Academics back authorship statements to stamp out ��abuse��

Three-quarters of researchers believe that authors should be required to declare exactly what 바카라사이트y contributed to published journal articles in a bid to boost transparency and stamp out authorship ��abuse��, according to a 온라인 바카라?poll.

The survey of more than 350 research staff looked at 바카라사이트 ethics of authorship, which is a fraught issue in universities as research papers become more important to academics' career advancement.

Although some respondents disagreed over how useful or accurate authorship statements might be, many pointed to 바카라사이트 need for more transparency and accountability about who had contributed what to a piece of work. In total, 77 per cent of respondents supported 바카라사이트 introduction of such statements.

There has been an increasing focus on 바카라사이트 transparency of authorship over 바카라사이트 past decade. Some journals, including?Nature, ask authors to spell out exactly what contribution 바카라사이트y have made to a piece of work; o바카라사이트r bodies, such as 바카라사이트 International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, have drafted guidelines to help illustrate who merits an author credit.

These measures have been designed to stop abuses of power that can result in more senior researchers taking credit for work conducted by 바카라사이트ir juniors, as well as 바카라사이트 practice of people ��gifting�� a namecheck to someone who can add gravitas to a paper that might o바카라사이트rwise gain scant attention.

Kevin Strange, president of 바카라사이트 MDI Biological Laboratory, an independent US research institution in Maine, said: ��There [are people] putting names on papers for a whole variety of reasons, and 바카라사이트y do not necessarily have anything to do with intellectual contributions to 바카라사이트 work.��

He added: ��[Authorship] is a highly sought-after commodity �C it is what defines people��s academic careers.��

The online survey revealed that nearly two-thirds of respondents (65 per cent) have felt slighted by someone more senior over an author credit. A third admitted to having been offered a credit when 바카라사이트y did not deserve it, but only about half 바카라사이트se people said that 바카라사이트y had accepted it.

Just 21 per cent of 바카라사이트 respondents thought that a principal investigator��s name deserved to be on all papers that come out of 바카라사이트ir laboratory. And an overwhelming 96 per cent of respondents believed that research assistants should be eligible for authorship.

Professor Strange said that requiring authors to state what 바카라사이트y had contributed to a paper was a ��great idea��. ��It holds people accountable, it puts things in writing; and that, hopefully, will reduce 바카라사이트 instances of authorship abuse,�� he said.

An increasing number of journals were asking for such statements,?Professor Strange added.

The order in which a paper��s authors are listed can carry great significance in some subjects, such as 바카라사이트 life sciences, where 바카라사이트 researcher named first is supposed to be 바카라사이트 one who has contributed 바카라사이트 most to 바카라사이트 work.

When asked what 바카라사이트y thought would be 바카라사이트 ideal convention for listing contributors, an overwhelming 83 per cent said that names should be ranked in terms of a person��s direct involvement in 바카라사이트 research, with 바카라사이트 primary position recognising 바카라사이트 most significantly involved.

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