A few years ago when looking for graduate programs, I found one researcher's website who had, in my opinion, a good idea regarding coauthorship. I have been unable to relocate who the professor was or where his/her website is located. If anyone recognizes his/her suggested guidelines and has seen his/her site, please remind us of who it was.
The researcher said there are five stages to any published manuscript, and in his/her lab, involvement in two stages is neccessary for co-authorship. Lead authorship is determined by the amount of work put in to the finished product in all stages. The five suggested stages were: 1) Identifying the study question and methods 2) Funding the study 3) Performing the study 4) Analyzing the results 5) Writing the manuscript and steering it through peer review Regards, Brian Brian D. Todd The University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Drawer E Aiken, SC 29802 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/staff/BTodd.htm office: 803.725.0422 fax: 803.725.3309
