I just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my unscientific poll regarding authorship conflicts. In brief of 44 respondents, 36 had experienced conflicts of authorship, including a few cases where the experience was direct but didn't involve them. Of the eight individuals who hadn't had conflicts several were preparing for potential conflicts. Many respondents mentioned that good communication was the reason for the lack of conflict in their experience. Respondents ranged from undergrads to full professors to emeritus faculty and included researchers in NGOs and government labs. Many respondents also mentioned that they were unaware of the published literature on this subject. Here is what we ended up putting in the ms. (now submitted) " . An informal poll of members of the listserve Ecolog in December 2018, indicated that conflicts over authorship are quite common but that existing publications regarding resolution of these conflicts are not well known."
When the paper is in press I'll post a link here. Thanks for your help. Happy holidays, g2 -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Fellow, American Fisheries Soc. Fellow, The Linnean Soc. Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 Affiliate Professor Haifa University Website - Science, Art (G. Grossman Fine Art) and Music www.garygrossman.net Blog - https://medium.com/@garydavidgrossman Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish Hutson Gallery Provincetown, MA - www.hutsongallery.net/artists.html
