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Ethical Issues in Scientific Publishing
Editorial support Financial support, unless this has been noted in a footnote on the title page For more information on authorship, please see “Appendix 1: Insights on Determining Authorship.” Tony’s Dilemma The case that follows illustrates the difficulties that can arise in the assignment of authorship, especially for junior members of the science team. Please read the case and then imagine Tony is in your research group. Please decide how you would like Tony to resolve the issue. Case Study: Dr. Tony Anders is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Experimental Biology. He was hired by Dr. Edward Holly for his (Tony’s) work involving a specific cell line. In a meeting to review the final draft of a paper describing the lab’s latest research with Tony’s cell line, Tony learns that Edward plans to add Dr. Martin Alize, another postdoctoral fellow in Tony’s lab, as co–first author of the paper. Tony is surprised and somewhat offended. Martin did contribute to the research by performing a few of the experiments, but Tony did more of the work, wrote the manuscript, and expected to be first author. He does not understand why Edward made this decision, but he suspects it is because Martin has applied for a junior faculty position and needs another publication. Questions: What issues does this case raise? Is there a tactful way for Tony to discuss them with Edward? Is there anything Tony can or should say to Martin?
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