Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 hello, I am aware that the antennas are up the moment this segment is mentioned. lets begin with the beginning. The academic excellence of an individual is decided primarily on the basis of number of articles, books published by him. If it is an individual effort , all is well and good. But In many instances when the research is a collaborative effort, the issue of authorship arises. Any research project involves several steps like the basic idea or design, actually performing the experiment, collecting the data, reasoning out( analyzing) and finally coming to the conclusion. Any contribution in the above steps is considered as fit for authorship. Composing the text and describing the results or even writing the entire article does not in any way contribute to the scientific content of the research and as such does not merit authorship. It is not only controversial as to who should be listed as author but the order of listing is also a bone of contention. We will look at an interesting download on this issue later. kunda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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