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It’s time to do something about that. Isn’t it time to have two categories of authorship on (scientific) papers - authors and enablers? The latter is for peopl
by graymatters 4y ago
It’s time to do something about that.
Isn’t it time to have two categories of authorship on (scientific) papers - authors and enablers? The latter is for people who organized, supervised and otherwise enabled the work etc.
Other suggestions how to address the problem are welcome.
- throw_pm23 4y agoSome PhD advisors often simply turn down being a co-author, even if they contributed some crucial help or idea. Sometimes it is modesty or generosity, sometimes a gentle way to say the work is not very good :) More seriously, the solution is not to use content-oblivious measures (e.g. number of papers/citations) when evaluating researchers.
- canjobear 4y agoIn many fields there is an informal distinction based on author position. The first author(s) likely did most of the work and/or wrote the paper. The last author(s), usually called senior authors, are the ones who organized, supervised, etc.
- DiscoDays 4y agoHow would you formulate what the problem is and why it is time to do something about it?