Diana, Very well said, I was thinking of replying also but you hit the nail on the head. Most research these days are a collaboration between many scientists and laboratories. I think the best example I've seen is some of the Super Collider work that might have 150 authors for a paper.
Geary Schindel gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org -----Original Message----- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Diana Tomchick via Texascavers Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 12:16 PM To: Cave Tex <texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] White-Nose Syndrome in PNW scientific article Let me clarify what constitutes authorship on a scientific article. It does not necessarily mean that a person wrote one of the paragraphs. In fact, in the future we may have artificial intelligence to thank for writing much of the routine text in our articles and technical manuals. It DOES mean that an author is a person that is responsible for one or more of the following: Coming up with the original idea (i.e., the hypothesis) for the experiment Collecting data Analyzing data Presenting data (in graphical, written or other forms such as videos, etc.) Supervising the people that collect, analyze and present the data Drawing important conclusions from the data and testing new hypotheses that result from this all-important step Writing the text of the final document You want and NEED all of these people to be listed as authors—as they are the ones that are legitimately responsible for the final published work. If there are any questions about what is presented in the work, everyone knows who is responsible. We call this transparency, which unfortunately is lacking in other important human endeavors. Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) > On Aug 31, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com> > wrote: > > Wow! Fourteen alleged authors for an article with eight paragraphs. > How many of those people do you think were really authors, i.e., > writers? How many of them were just bottle washers? -- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > Always forgive your enemies after they are hanged. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message (unless it's a TexasCavers > list post) came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
