Avoid Authorship Disputes

December 17, 2009 Adhering to the following guidelines will help to prevent situations that may lead to new authorship disputes: Discuss Proactively There should be early discussions of who will be an author and the possible order of authors. Criteria for authorship should be discussed before beginning to prepare a manuscript, and possibly even before starting a project. […]

Author’s Checklist for Preparation of Publications

As of December 17, 2009 Decide which information will be presentedThe most important decision in the preparation of your work for publication is the choice of information to be presented. Obviously, this will determine the strength of the support for your conclusions, but also will affect who should be considered for authorship. This requires the […]

Authorship on Scientific and Scholarly Publications Policy

Created 02/2002 Revised 12/15/2009 Reviewed by: Faculty Senate Council, November 2009, and Faculty Senate, December 2009 Approved by: The Executive Committee on Research, December 2009 Applicability Faculty, Staff, Postdoctoral Scholars and Associates, Fellows, Trainees, and Students affiliated with Washington University Purpose Scholarly integrity and the responsible conduct and reporting of research are essential for maintaining […]