Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

So then, you were not ultimately included as an author because the process worked. Had you been placed in the acknowledgements, and you were deserved of co-authorship, the paper would have gone to press without you finding out until it was too late. This is just one more reason why erring on the

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship -taking responsibility

Well we could have a long discussion about these criteria, which to me, seem much more directed at preventing fraud than ensuring ethical decision-making in authorship. Authorship decisions never are simple as we've already seen from the posts here. To have four simple rules without exceptions as

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Dear Jorge, With many others, my thanks for raising the topic. Here is how I would handle your dilemma. I would focus on the criteria (ICMJE) or guidelines (ESA), keeping in mind these are guidelines and criteria, not rules and regulations. Your dilemma is a potential co-author that has not

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship -taking responsibility

Those academics! You are too optimistic, years, decades for responses to emails? Voicemail responses only come from the grave. Donald R. Strong Professor, Department of Evolution and Ecology and The Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Davis CA 95616 530 752 7886 On

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship -taking responsibility

Responsiveness is also a vague concept. I have found that it often takes months, sometimes years, to get email or voicemail responses from academics. If a professor takes 6 months to respond to an email, does that mean they shouldn't be listed as an author on publications? On 8/22/2016

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Project Management

Have you tried any of the citizen science platforms? Zooniverse / Citizen Science Alliance have options to build a custom data collection forms if you look at their policies you can limit the URL to your

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship -taking responsibility

Hello all, The ESA criteria are essentially the same as the 'Vancouover protocol' by the International Council of Medical Journal Editors. See http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html In the case at hand, if a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Hi Jorge and all, I had the recent experience of being included on a paper without my knowledge, but found out before it went out for review and was able to stop it in time. I had never seen the data or manuscript before, nor had I been involved in the study in any way, except maybe asking a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Hi Cliff and all, You are right that the Code quoted is quite clear. I would only say that while legalistically there is no ambiguity, the situation nevertheless remains ethically ambiguous. I don't know the right answer in the case Jorge has lined out, although I personally would go with

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

The Ecological Society of America. See http://www.esa.org/esa/about/governance/esa-code-of-ethics/ -Original Message- From: Aaron T. Dossey [mailto:bugoc...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 10:22 AM To: Cliff Duke ; ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Cc: Dr. Aaron T.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

I'd like to see a copy of that index. Is it available online? I'll search. Are there any provisions for when it's appropriate or required to remove (or not place) faculty on works that they had nothing to do with, only that were done by their student employees, staff or simply happened in

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Please consider the credibility of the science. I was very disappointed just last week because I was included as a co-author on a manuscript that did not go through a credible review process. I reported the issue to the editor after first asking the PI's what the heck was going on. I then asked

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Project Management

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Dear Dr. Santiago-Blay, Thank you for raising a tricky but interesting topic. This is a grand old problem! In 1991, Roderick Hunt of the Sheffield University introduced an index, namely “Hunt’s index” to address this issue that was published in Nature (Hunt, R. 1991. Trying an authorship index.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Query on authorship

Concerning the recent "query on authorship," there is no ethical ambiguity. The ESA Code of Ethics is quite clear on that point: "Researchers will not add or delete authors from a manuscript submitted for publication without consent of those authors. Researchers will not include as coauthor(s)