Re: [Texascavers] Authors of Scientific Articles

2016-08-31 Thread Logan McNatt via Texascavers
Mr. Mixon just loves to poke at the scientists on this list because he knows he'll get a reaction (especially from Diana!). I've enjoyed the explanations and comments from her and others. The Texas caver family includes quite a few scientists in a variety of field

Re: [Texascavers] Authors of scientific articles

2016-08-31 Thread Don Arburn via Texascavers
Hey! You two get a room! --Don > On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Bill Steele via Texascavers > wrote: > > You're so cute. > >> On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers >> wrote: >> >> Oddly enough, this afternoon I received a form that I need to fill out in >> order to ha

Re: [Texascavers] Authors of scientific articles

2016-08-31 Thread Bill Steele via Texascavers
You're so cute. > On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers > wrote: > > Oddly enough, this afternoon I received a form that I need to fill out in > order to have a paper reviewed in eLife, an Open Access journal. > > The form is entitled, "eLife’s transparent reporting form

Re: [Texascavers] Authors of scientific articles

2016-08-31 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
Oddly enough, this afternoon I received a form that I need to fill out in order to have a paper reviewed in eLife, an Open Access journal. The form is entitled, "eLife’s transparent reporting form.” It consists of detailed questions about how the data was collected, analyzed and any statistical

Re: [Texascavers] Authors of scientific articles

2016-08-31 Thread Mark Minton via Texascavers
As a scientist, I generally agree with the need for multiple "authors", including people who had nothing to do with actually writing an article. However it does seem to have gotten a bit out of control and now people are listed as authors who should more correctly be listed in the Acknowledgments