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  1. Xref: sparky sci.research:1007 sci.research.careers:891
  2. Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.research.careers
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca!mroussel
  4. From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
  5. Subject: Re: Dr. Fabrikant and honesty in science
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug31.170026.1493@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
  7. Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
  8. References: <28AUG199212501453@utkvx2.utk.edu> <DASU.92Aug28183543@sscux1.ssc.gov> <1992Aug31.050420.8740@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
  9. Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:00:26 GMT
  10. Lines: 18
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Aug31.050420.8740@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
  13. wskelly@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au (William Skelly) writes:
  14. >1. "author" -- "authorship"
  15. >      one who writes --- he/she who has written. Period.
  16. >      everyone one else should be acknowledged but if they
  17. >       didn't help _write_ the paper, they are not 
  18. >       entitled to _authorship_
  19.  
  20.      This is a ridiculous criterion.  Often, the person who writes the
  21. paper did not do all (or, in some cases any) of the science.  Should
  22. the people who conceived and did the work not be included in the author
  23. list?
  24.      Remember:  Only one person, or at most two, can write the paper
  25. (disregarding proofreading and such activities); many can participate in
  26. the science.
  27.  
  28.                 Marc R. Roussel
  29.                                 mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
  30.