Article authorship: Get your 'ducks in a row' before starting to write ....

Authorship issues and fairness in academic writing: Some tips from researcher and editorial perspectives

One of the trickiest and most controversial aspects of academic publishing is deciding ‘who did what’ during research article writing. What does it mean to be listed as ‘an author’ on an academic paper? This aspect of academic publishing is one of the most open to abuse; most people are unaware of what ‘being an author’ actually means. The clue here is …