DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759
Concerns are raised regarding authorship or contributorship of a dataset, before publication. The flowchart provides data publishers, such as a journal or data repository, a step by step guide on how to handle the concerns.
This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group.
Key points
- Concerns may relate to a change in author order or other authorship and contributorship issues.
- Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the institution.
Related resources
- Authorship and contributorship of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Legal and regulatory restrictions of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Legal and regulatory restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Concerns about risk in unpublished data COPE flowchart
- Concerns about risk in published data COPE flowchart
- Scientific rigour of unpublished data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Scientific rigour of published data: dealing with concerns COPE flowchart
- Recommendations for the handling of ethical concerns relating to the publication of research data Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group recommendations
- Policy template text for data publishers, journals and data repositories Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group templates
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FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group flowchart: Authorship & Contributorship - Pre-publication
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759
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Version 1: June 2023