The first question I want to ask is how did this person become a professor with no writing abilities? Publications and grants are at the heart of most tenure decisions at universities so how did this person acquire enough of either one to deserve tenure?
Bryan
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One of my friends wants me to post the following question and see what
kind of opinions you may have:
My friend is teaching in an univeristy. A professor in her department
did some interesting work on biodiversity but the professor cannot write
well enough to put the work into a professional paper. The professor
approached her asking her to write the paper for him and her to be the
second author, although she does not have anything to do with the research
work.
1. Is this a good collaboration? If it is, many people can ask others to
write papers for them and are still listed as the first authors.
2. Is it ethical? (my friend did not do the research; maybe she should
not be a co-author on something she did not do?)
3. Should the person writing the paper be the first author?
Alicere
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