Hey all for anybody interested in this topic there is a very recent new paper by Zen Faulkes on how to resolve authorship conflicts, just in case you missed it (open access):
https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-018-0057-z Best Gregor -----Original message----- > From: Julian D. Olden <ol...@uw.edu> > Sent: Wednesday 19th December 2018 3:28 > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Authorship conflict poll > > Hey Gary, > > Thanks for posting the numbers. My only note of caution is to not put too > much weight on these results. Given how the question was posed you are much > more likely to get responses from people who have had conflicts. This is > a common phenomenon in the social sciences and why survey design is a complex > science. > > Cheers > Julian > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 3:34 PM Gary Grossman <gdgross...@gmail.com > <mailto:gdgross...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my unscientific poll > regarding > authorship conflicts. In brief of 44 respondents, 36 had experienced conflicts > of authorship, including a few cases where the experience was direct but didnt > involve them. Of the eight individuals who hadnt had conflicts several were > preparing for potential conflicts. Many respondents mentioned that good > communication > was the reason for the lack of conflict in their experience. Respondents > ranged > from undergrads to full professors to emeritus faculty and included > researchers > in NGOs and government labs. Many respondents also mentioned that they were > unaware of the published literature on this subject. Here is what we ended > up putting in the ms. (now submitted) " > . An informal poll of members of > the listserve Ecolog in December 2018, indicated that conflicts over > authorship > are quite common but that existing publications regarding resolution of these > conflicts are not well known." > > When the paper is in press Ill post a link here. > > Thanks for your help. > > Happy holidays, > g2 > <br clear="all" /> > -- > Gary D. Grossman, PhD > Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. > Fellow, The Linnean Soc. > > Professor of Animal Ecology > Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources > University of Georgia > Athens, GA, USA 30602 > > Affiliate Professor Haifa University > > Website - Science, Art (G. Grossman Fine Art) and Music www.garygrossman.net > <http://www.garygrossman.net> > Blog - https://medium.com/@garydavidgrossman > <https://medium.com/@garydavidgrossman> > Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation > Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology > Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish > > Hutson Gallery Provincetown, MA - www.hutsongallery.net/artists.html > <http://www.hutsongallery.net/artists.html> > > > -- > > — > Julian D. Olden > Professor > School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences > University of Washington > w: http://depts.washington.edu/oldenlab/ > <http://depts.washington.edu/oldenlab/> > t: @oldenfish > > * There is a good chance that the promptness of my email response did not > meet your expectations. For this, I apologize. But please consider the words > of American author Edward Everett Hale: “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot > do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do > interfere with what I can do.”
