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- From: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au (Bob McKay)
- Newsgroups: sci.research
- Subject: Re: co-authorship (was Re: Dr. Fabrikant and honesty in science)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.011418.24106@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 01:14:18 GMT
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- scollnik@acs.ucalgary.ca (David Peter Michael Scollnik) writes:
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- > First of all , I agree with you entirely. However, what about
- > those instances in which a student is attempting to publish an
- > outstanding result, yet one sufficiently controversial or within
- > some area of research currently out of vogue. Although worthy of
- > publication, many mainstream journals would reject the article
- > out of hand if the student had no 'reputation' or publishing
- > record. In these cases, how would you feel about a supervisor
- > lending his name for co-authorship in order to increase the
- > chances of publication ?
- >
- Why not a covering letter from the supervisor, recommending the work?
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