{"id":6193,"date":"2020-12-03T06:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de\/kommentare\/faq-autorschaft\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T13:45:43","slug":"faq-authorship","status":"publish","type":"kommentare","link":"https:\/\/dev.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de\/en\/comments\/faq-authorship\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ on authorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does \u201cshared first authorship\u201d mean? What problems can occur?<\/h4>
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As defined by most journals, shared first authorship means that several first authors have made equal contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the life sciences, first authors are often not listed alphabetically in spite of having made equal contributions \u2013 on the grounds that one person has contributed more than another. A \u201cranking\u201d of contributions is thus established even in the case of equal contributions. This can give rise to conflict if there is disagreement over the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often the results of several dissertations are combined into one publication because this may lead to a better chance of the article being accepted for publication in a journal with a higher impact factor. This also counteracts the \u201csalami tactics\u201d of small-scale publishing. Doctoral researchers often need first authorships on articles in order to be able to advance to the next stage in their career, however. First-author publications are even a requirement for some doctorates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of equal authorship, the community and reviewers often only perceive the person who is actually named first (the \u201cmain author\u201d) as the first author. Authorship position can also influence scores and citation indices, for example, because first authors in lower positions are not included in the calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If more than three first authors are named, the question arises of how so many people can have contributed an \u201can equal amount of equal substance\u201d to an article. The editor in charge will often decide whether articles with such lists of authors are acceptable or whether explanatory statements are to be requested.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To what extent and for how long are researchers who are involved in data collection to be listed as co-authors if the data they collected is further processed by others?<\/h4>
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In the life sciences and behavioural sciences in particular, it is often the case that a researcher participates in data collection as part of a working group for a limited period of time but then leaves the group. Subsequently, the data collected is often further processed by others in the same working group and becomes the subject of new publications in its processed form; the original data is also sometimes made available to other laboratories\/working groups, with permission being granted for further processing. In such cases, the question arises as to whether the person who originally collected the data is still a co-author of later publications: how long does the contribution made by that person continue to justify authorship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, a schematic, formula-based assessment is inappropriate: after all, the contribution of the data to the substance of the research and its significance in the context of a publication can vary considerably. What is more, subject-specific peculiarities may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking, the recommendation is for group leaders to engage in discussion with the researchers concerned about their foreseeable role in publications as early as possible and arrive at the relevant agreements so as to avoid conflicts later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of the multiple use of data, it is often preferable to establish a reference to the first publication and use a citation rather than perpetuating authorship \u201cinfinitely\u201d in later publications. This approach seems to be common practice in many fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When assessing whether authorship of a publication is (still) justified, it can be helpful to refer to the requirement of a personal and research-relevant contribution to the scientific content of the publication as set out in Guideline 14. One question to ask might be whether the activity of data collection itself required independent, scientific input. Data recording may justify authorship, but this is by no means always the case. It may also be helpful to consider how relevant or central the dataset is to the publication in question. <\/p>\n\n\n

Authorship Criteria \/ Negative Catalogue<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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