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Academic Authorship

I have heard that some students and junior professors have been experiencing inappropriate authorship ranking or assignments. Attached please find a Nature paper on the topic, "Who's on first?" I also highlighted some main points. Welcome to comment below if you find anything else interesting!

Below are the tips author suggests.

• Make sure that you choose collaborators with whom you can work well.
• Discuss authorship early, and keep doing so often as a project evolves. Put it in writing.
• When there are disputes, first try to talk it out amicably and understand the other person’s point of view. For example, try to work out how the idea first came about.
• If you must approach your supervisor about an authorship decision that you don’t like, keep the tone inquisitive, not accusatory. Explain that you want to understand how authorship was decided.
• If a contributor’s authorship is in question, it can help to consider what the paper would have looked like without their efforts, and whether someone else could have made the same contribution.
• Familiarize yourself with your institution’s or journal’s authorship guidelines, or those of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Use them to back up your case.
• Be prepared to compromise or share credit. 
• If you can’t agree among yourselves, engage a supervisor, trusted colleagues or an ombudsman to investigate the matter and make a recommendation.

Source: Dance, A. (2012). Authorship: Who's on first?. Nature, 489(7417), 591-593.

CIGS event

Opportunities and Challenges for Transnational Leadership and Partnership

Date: Monday, November 17, 2014

Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Lunch provided: 12:00 – 12:30, Panel Discussion/Q&A: 12:30 pm– 2:00 pm)

Location: U of MN McNamara Alumni Center, Room  235 (East Bank Campus)

Panelists
Government: Mr. Bill Deef, Vice President of International Relations, Meet Minneapolis
Community: Ms. JoAnn Blatchley, President, Saint Paul - Nagasaki Sister City Committee

Academia: Dr. Barbara Kappler, Assistant Dean and Director, International Student and Scholar Services--U of MN

 
Please RSVP here by noon on Sunday, November 16.  Space is limited so register early.

We hope you can attend.

Thank you.

Council of International Graduate Students (CIGS)

University of Minnesota

Email: cigsumn@umn.edu

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Discovery Across Disciplines

Highlighting the exciting and engaging work of more than 50 of the University’s interdisciplinary research centers and institutes.

Thursday, October 16, 2014 | 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. | 3rd Floor, Coffman Memorial Union

Many intellectual, social, and practical problems transcend the scope of a single field of study. Creative solutions to these types of complex problems often require the integration of multiple perspectives, methods and concepts. The centers and institutes at the University of Minnesota provide opportunities for researchers to collaborate across disciplines, and to seek the answers to some of the world’s toughest challenges.

The Discovery Across Disciplines showcase will highlight the exciting and engaging work of more than 50 of the University’s interdisciplinary research centers and institutes. Take time to connect with others across campus who share your research and scholarly interests at this poster-session-style event. Browse the exhibits, interact with researchers, network with colleagues, and learn about opportunities for involvement in interdisciplinary inquiry. Graduate students, postdocs, and new and relatively new faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

For more information, visit http://www.grad.umn.edu/news/discoveryacrossdisciplines or contact gsdean@umn.edu.