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- From: druger@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Stephen Druger)
- Subject: Re: WANTED: "Offical" rules of authorship
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.003527.29099@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
- References: <1992Aug31.133758.7921@unixg.ubc.ca> <1992Sep1.101606.1@uwovax.uwo.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:35:27 GMT
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- >In article <1992Aug31.133758.7921@unixg.ubc.ca>, keith@msmri.med.ubc.ca writes:
- > Does anybody know of any rules and/or guidelines for authorship
- > written or endorsed by a recognized organization. Such organizations
- > would include funding agencies, research journals, universities,
- > governmental bodies, professional associations or any other
- > appropiate bodies.
- >
- > Any information on how the rules and/or guidelines are enforced,
- > if at all, would also be appreciated. If there
- > is enough interest I will post a summary of any e-mail I receive.
- >
- >
- > Keith S Cover
- > Physics, UBC
- > Vancouver, BC
- > Canada
- > keith@msmri.med.ubc.ca
- >
- >---------------
- >
- >
-
- As far as any official rules for authorship in physics are
- concerned, the relevant parts of the "Guidelines for Professional
- Conduct" recently approved by the Council of the American Physical
- Society are appended below. They are taken from the January 1992 issue
- of APS News 1, 3 (1992), and can also be found in an issue of Physics
- Today that appeared shortly afterwards. "..." denotes deleted
- paragraphs dealing with other issues--- Steve Druger
-
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-
- "PREAMBLE
- ...
-
- The following are minimal standards of ethical behavior relating to
- several critical aspects of the physics profession.
-
-
- ...
-
-
- B. Publication and Authorship Practices
-
- Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant
- contribution to the concept, design, execution and interpretation of
- the research study. All those who have made significant contributions
- should be offered the opportunity to be listed as authors. Other
- individuals who have contributed to the study should be acknowledged,
- but not identified as authors. The sources of financial support for
- the project should be disclosed. "
-
- ...
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