A possibly related/helpful blog post from Stephen B. Heard addresses one aspect of authorship conflicts I don't hear much talk of: https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/whats-a-publication-power-of-attorney-and-why-should-you-have-one/ .
------ BETHANN GARRAMON MERKLE, MFA Pronouns: she|her|hers (*what's this?* <https://www.glsen.org/article/pronouns-resource-educators>) *University of Wyoming | Department of Zoology & Physiology* BioSciences, room 16 | (307) 766-6495 | Schedule a meeting <http://calendly.com/bgmerkle>. Associate Research Scientist | Illustration & Science Writing | Wyoming Migration Initiative | migrationinitiative.org Director | Wyoming Science Communication Initiative | SciComm Support Drop-In, M&Th, noon-1, 425 Wyo Hall | uwyo.edu/wysci Instructor | Visualizing Science | ZOO 5890-4 | Autumn 2018 | Open to all science disciplines; details at bit.ly/VisualizeScience18 *Ecological Society of America* Section Editor | Communicating Science | *The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America *| Submit here <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/esabulletin>. Communication and Engagement Section Past Chairperson | Editor | Webmaster | esa.org/communication-engagement Committee member | Committee on Diversity and Education || Engage ESA Initiative On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 4:33 PM Gary Grossman <gdgross...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > >
