Authorship, including order of collaborating authors, is an important topic for discussion early in the supervision of a HDR candidate. But that discussion can get tricky if the collaborators are drawn from different disciplines. This excellent blog post is by an experienced supervisor.
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I love working with my research students (MSc and PhD) and I try to give them as many opportunities to publish as possible.
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When a student first approaches me, I talk about where their work might be published – should it be a journal, or conference proceedings? I encourage them to think about their work as publishable and plan the work right from the start for publication. I think this is as important for my students who are completing a taught Master of Science (MSc) that includes a 3-month research project resulting in a dissertation, as for my PhD students who are in a 3-year program.
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Author order and disorder – The Research Whisperer (Debra Carr | May 2017)
Posted by saviorteam in Research Integrity on July 3, 2017
Keywords: Authorship, Collaborative research, Good practice, Links, Methodology, Research integrity, Researcher responsibilities, Supervision, Training
Keywords: Authorship, Collaborative research, Good practice, Links, Methodology, Research integrity, Researcher responsibilities, Supervision, Training
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