Stephen
That used to true a long time ago, but may not be still. Two concepts have
developed, at least to me here in Australia.
The first is the 'corresponding author'. This is the person that the journal
corresponds with, and the journal requires that person to acquire all
signatures and
Hi
Yes, you are correct. Joint authors share copyright ownership (unless
it is ceded to the journal) (and unless one author was specifically
responsible for a discrete part of the article - which is unusual),
and therefore joint rights.
This means that if the journal (or the funding mandate) grant