Advanced Academic Writing Workshop

Authorship & Acknowledgements

G.J.E.C.
10 – 13th September, 2018
 Authorship and Acknowledgements

• Many journals now require a description of the

contributions of each author on a submitted manuscript.
• This is because authorship has been abused by those
trying to take shortcuts.
• These days, we see manuscripts with huge numbers of
authors.
• It is almost impossible for most of these to have made a
significant contribution to the work.

• QUESTION: What is your experience working with other

researchers?
 Authorship and Acknowledgements

What constitutes authorship?

A. Only significant contributions to theory, experimental

work, data interpretation, or writing, qualify one for
authorship.

B. Performance of routine checking, proofreading, editing,

etc. should be acknowledged, but does not qualify one for
authorship.
 Authorship and Acknowledgements

Science cannot have any integrity if scientists do not.

Crediting people with authorship, when they made no such

contribution, is scientific fraud.
 Q&A

G.J.E.C.
10 – 13th September, 2018