Tag: Authorship

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), has established four criteria that each author of a paper should meet. This article and our free white paper, Credit Where Credit Is Due, detail and explore these criteria.

The article discusses the complex issue of authorship in academia and the art world. It highlights the various practices and controversies surrounding the concept of authorship, including ghost authorship and the contribution of apprentices in creating an artwork. The article also examines the role of AI in authorship and its potential impact on the current understanding of the concept.

This article discusses the importance of authorship in academic publishing. The first author executes a large portion of the work throughout the research process and signifies the researcher has provided the greatest intellectual contribution. The corresponding author is explicitly identified on the first page of the manuscript, is selected to further manage the pre and post-publication responsibilities, and serves as the point of contact for communication with a journal during the submission, peer review, and publication process.

This article discusses flaws in the conventional approach to evaluating credibility of sources.

Collaboration, submitting as a PI, and other instances of publishing for multiple contributors can lead to ethical issues and inaccuracies if not handled properly. Here's how.

So-called “ghost authorship” may not truly constitute authorship, although in extreme cases, a ghost author may have met all four ICMJE criteria.

In this article, we describe what types of contributions warrant mention in the acknowledgments section of a paper .