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hello,

A very good document. For the benefit of those who may have missed reading it, here are salient points.

ICMJE criteria for authorship:

• Substantial contributions to conception and design,

acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of

data.

• Drafting the article and revising it critically for

important intellectual content.

• Final approval of the version to be published.

All three conditions must be met to qualify for authorship

Justifications for acknowledgement:

• Routine technical help.

• Data collection.

• Assistance with writing.

• Financial help, e.g. grant.

• General supervision of the research group.

• Minor contribution in a large multicentre project.

We have no doubt several guidelines but as we all know, in practicality, we have to set our own rules.

kunda

From: Rishi Shrestha <socialrishi@...>netrum Sent: Tue, 5 April, 2011 9:54:02 PMSubject: Re: (unknown) [1 Attachment]

Hello,

Please find the article regarding authorship and acknowledgement attached along this mail.

Thank you.

Best Regards

Rishi Shrestha

From: kunda gharpure <gharpurekunda@...>netrum Sent: Tue, April 5, 2011 9:02:50 PMSubject: (unknown)

Hello,

Few more points on the issue of authorship taken for fair use from-www.csu.edu.au/research/policy/author...

1. Agree on authorship –

Collaborating researchers should agree on authorship of a publication at an early stage in the research project and should review their decisions periodically.

2. Include all authors -

Researchers must offer authorship to all people, including research trainees, who meet the criteria for authorship. Those offered authorship must accept or decline in writing.

3. Do not allow unacceptable inclusions of authorship

Authorship should not be offered to those who do not meet the requirements. For example, none of the following justifies including a person as an author:

being head of department, holding other positions of authority, or personal friendship with the authors

providing a technical contribution but no other intellectual input to the project or publication

providing routine assistance in some aspects of the project, the acquisition of funding or general supervision of the research team

providing data that has already been published or materials obtained from third parties, but with no other intellectual input.

4. Acknowledge other contributions fairly

Researchers must ensure that all those who have contributed to the research, facilities or materials are properly acknowledged, such as research assistants and technical writers. Where individuals are to be named, their written consent must be obtained.

I think enough has been said on this aspect.

We will now shift focus on Inclusion of Tables and figures in a paper.

kunda