I think this is an interesting and important theme. In several recent papers, two co-authors and I really put in equal amounts of effort, and feel that there should be a footnote stating "Equal Authorship, authors listed alphabetically". However there appears to be little precedence for this. Does anyone know of any examples?
Cheers, Fabrice On Sep 18, 2006, at 7:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sarmia et al. - in anticipation of a thread that may develop on the > topic > of authorship, and as a bit of a plug for our upcoming paper: > > In an article scheduled for the October issue of Frontiers in > Ecology and > the Environment, we explore trends in authorship in ecology, > discuss the > need for guidelines for author inclusion and byline order, and > recommend > several simple ways to better communicate the contribution of > individual > authors to the readership at large. > > The citation is: > > Weltzin, J.F., R.T. Belote, L.T. Williams, J.K. Keller, and E.C. > Engel. > 2006. Authorship in ecology: attribution, accountability, and > responsibility. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(8):in > press. > > I would be pleased to distribute a pdf reprint of the article after 1 > October to anyone who requests a copy. > > Cheers, > > Jake > > Jake F. Weltzin > Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > 569 Dabney Hall > University of Tennessee > Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610 USA > Cell phone: 865-207-5773 > Fax: 865-974-3067 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/weltzin/ > ******************************************************************** > > > > -----"Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" > <[email protected]> wrote: ----- > > > To: [email protected] > From: Samia Carrillo-Percastegui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" > <[email protected]> > Date: 09/15/2006 08:18PM > Subject: Guidelines for Authorship > > Can anyone give me some input on what are or should be the guidelines > for authorship a peer reviewed paper? > thanks a lot. > > > > > Samia Carrillo-Percastegui > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of > that destruction ***************************************************** Fabrice De Clerck PhD Landscale Ecologist/Ecologo de Paisaje Dept. Agricultura y Agroforesteria CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (506) 558-2596 Fax: (506) 558-2046 Web: www.catie.ac.cr Adjunct Associate Tropical Agriculture Program The Earth Institute at Columbia University Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: fadeclerck Web:www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/mvp/ ******************************************************* "Everything not given is lost"
