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Resources to Support Responsible Authorship Practices

Guidelines
  • Defining the role of authors and contributors. ICMJE’s authorship criteria are widely accepted by journals across disciplines.

  • Contribution Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) Includes 14 roles typically that can be used to describe each contributor’s specific contribution to the scholarly output.

  • National Academy of Sciences, Transparency in Author Contributions in Science. Table of journals that commit to setting authorship standards, with references or links to those standards when available.

  • NIH OIR General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions

  • American Physical Society Guidelines for Professional Conduct

  • American Sociological Association Code of ethics

Authorship Agreements and Resources for Determining Order of Authorship
  • Sample Publication/Presentation Contract
  • Sample Contract Regarding Publication Intent
  • Authorship Determination Scorecard
  • Authorship Tie-breaker Scorecard
Preventing and Resolving Authorship Disputes
  • Authorship practices to avoid conflicts
  • How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
  • Sidelined: How to tackle authorship disputes
  • Authorship Case Examples
  • Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in scientific publication
  • Recommendations for Proactively Addressing Authorship Disputes, NIH (2023)
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