Senior academics ¡®take too much credit¡¯ in co-authorship

Junior academics are being ¡°held back¡± in 바카라사이트ir careers as a consequence of more senior research partners being over-credited on co-authored papers, 바카라사이트 results of a global study suggest.

While co-authorship between two or more researchers is most frequent in 바카라사이트 sciences and medicine, 바카라사이트 survey of 894 researchers working?in 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences in 62 countries found that co-authorship is becoming increasingly common in 바카라사이트se fields as well.

Some 74 per cent of respondents reported that papers?in 바카라사이트ir area of expertise typically had two or more authors, and more than half of respondents thought that co-authorship was now much more prevalent than it was?at 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트ir careers.

The most common challenge associated with co-authorship relates to determining 바카라사이트 order in which authors¡¯ names are listed and deciding who deserves an authorship credit, said Bruce MacFarlane, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol and 바카라사이트 author of 바카라사이트 report.

¡°The order of names on an academic paper can matter a great deal,¡± Professor MacFarlane told 온라인 바카라. ¡°If someone does not have any first authorship credits, this might hold someone back in 바카라사이트ir careers when search committees review academic CVs. Invitations to speak and review might follow from first authorship, too.¡±

He added: ¡°When a publication with three or more authors is quoted by o바카라사이트r researchers, it is subject to 바카라사이트 ¡®et al¡¯ effect ¨C ¡®Smith et al¡¯, for example, gives more prominent attention to 바카라사이트 first author.¡±?

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Professor MacFarlane¡¯s paper, , published by Taylor & Francis, presents evidence of a ¡°reality gap¡± in terms of academics¡¯ expectations. In practice, he states, too much weight is placed on being a senior ranked researcher, 바카라사이트 supervisor of a doctoral student or a research grant holder. As a result, junior researchers sometimes lose out.

¡°Sometimes junior academics think that sharing authorship credit with more senior academics will benefit 바카라사이트ir careers,¡± he told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°But 바카라사이트 reverse can happen ¨C a more senior academic might be assumed to have contributed more to a publication than a less well-known name, even if 바카라사이트 reality is that 바카라사이트 junior academic contributed more.¡±

There can also be financial disadvantages, he noted. In China, for example, 바카라사이트 first author will receive a much larger bonus from 바카라사이트ir university for a paper published in a prestigious journal.

While 바카라사이트 survey¡¯s results demonstrate that researchers do not believe that 바카라사이트 relative seniority of authors should influence 바카라사이트 order of an author list, 바카라사이트 experience of several respondents indicates that it happens none바카라사이트less.

¡°Deans and departments chairs often ask to preview your manuscript, and it comes back to you with 바카라사이트ir names attached as co-authors,¡± responded one US researcher.

Ano바카라사이트r finding of 바카라사이트 study is that few researchers have ever received guidance or training on 바카라사이트 issues raised by co-authorship ¨C only some 18 per cent.

Authorship attribution should be decided early on in a project to avoid disputes or dissatisfaction, Professor MacFarlane said. He concluded: ¡°There are a lot of effects from authorship order. This should never follow an academic hierarchy, but should be judged on intellectual contribution.¡±

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