Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A doctoral student who collected and analysed data is listed in acknowledgements rather than as first author after the supervisor takes over manuscript writing.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A research team that signs a CRediT-aligned authorship agreement at project kickoff and revises it at preregistration milestones.
Editorial commentary
Authorship disputes typically arise from absent or late-changing agreements about contribution, particularly in long projects with personnel turnover, multi-site collaborations, and student-supervisor relationships. CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) and pre-publication authorship agreements substantially reduce dispute incidence. COPE provides flowcharts for both pre- and post-publication disputes.
References
- COPE Flowchart: How to Spot Authorship Problems (2018)
- ICMJE Recommendations on authorship (current edition)
Also known as
authorship conflict · byline dispute
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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