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Social Dynamics Of Research Collaboration: Norms, Practices, And Ethical Issues In Determining Co-Authorship Rights., Jan Youtie, Barry Bozeman
Social Dynamics Of Research Collaboration: Norms, Practices, And Ethical Issues In Determining Co-Authorship Rights., Jan Youtie, Barry Bozeman
Jan Youtie
Co-authorship has become common practice in most science and engineering disciplines and, with the growth of co-authoring, has come a fragmentation of norms and practices, some of them discipline-based, some institution-based. It becomes increasingly important to understand these practices, in part to reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding in collaborations among authors from different disciplines and fields. Moreover, there is also evidence of widespread satisfaction with collaborative and co-authoring experiences. In some cases the dissatisfactions are more in the realm of bruised feelings and miscommunication but in others there is clear exploitation and even legal disputes about, for example, intellectual property. …