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And can you publish your ground breaking research without being authorised by your boss? Can you even continue to do it meaningfully if he or she refuses? If no

by epups 4y ago

And can you publish your ground breaking research without being authorised by your boss? Can you even continue to do it meaningfully if he or she refuses? If not, then you are definitely not working for yourself.

chrisseaton 4y ago
> And can you publish your ground breaking research without being authorised by your boss? As a student. Yes? How would they stop you?
- epups 4y ago
  In Biology and Physics at least, the professor owns the data because they funded the project. They also have final say about authorship and can remove you from a paper at any moment, with no recourse.