What is it about?
Scientists' careers depend on their getting credit for their work, but the way credit is determined is not standardized and ripe for abuse. I point out that the current practice of throwing these fights back to the scientists is unhelpful and holds us back. It would be helpful for scientists to be able to take matters to a neutral third party besides courts.
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Why is it important?
A large proportion of scientists say they have had a fight over credit in their careers. As the number of collaborations is going up, the problems are only going to worsen.
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Blog post of the story behind the paper: http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2018/12/how-wasting-time-on-internet-led-to-my.html
Zen Faulkes
The Umiversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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This page is a summary of: Resolving authorship disputes by mediation and arbitration, Research Integrity and Peer Review, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s41073-018-0057-z.
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