Hi, Not sure if it is the same website, but it sounds like Bill Foley's website at Australian National University (Botany and Zoology), which lists those five criteria, of which co-authors should have contributed to at least two. Cheers jo
Dr. Joanne L. Isaac Post-Doctoral Research Associate Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change School of Marine and Tropical Biology James Cook University Townsville QLD Australia Tel:(+61) 07 47814439 Fax:(+61) 07 47251570 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." Tom Robbins ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:36:37 -0400 >From: Brian Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: writing a paper and authorship >To: [email protected] > >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
