Authorship Issues and Conflict in the US Academic Chemical Community

作者：Seeman Jeffrey I^*; House Mark C

来源：Accountability in Research, 2015, 22(6): 346-383.

DOI：10.1080/08989621.2015.1047707

• authorship
• collegiality
• conflict resolution
• publication
• mediation
• mentoring
• responsible conduct of research (RCR)

A survey on credit issues and related responsible conduct of research (RCR) behaviors was conducted with academic chemists in Ph.D. granting institutions in the U.S. Six hundred faculty members responded. Fifty percent of the respondents reported not receiving appropriate credit for contributions they had made to projects the results of which had been published, including when they themselves were students. Thirty percent of these individuals discussed this lack of credit with the offending individual, and as a consequence of those discussions, a small percentage of individuals were provided either co-authorship or an acknowledgment. The majority who did not enter into a discussion with the offending individual reported two primary reasons for not doing so: that they could not imagine any good coming from such a conversation and I was afraid of being in a compromised situation. A discussion of relationship asymmetry in the academic setting is provided. Confronting one's colleague regarding credit is compared with whistleblowing, and the possible consequences of blacklisting are discussed. A number of recommendations for minimizing authorship disputes are provided.

• 出版日期2015-11-2