multiple
authorship is on the rise and to define behavioral guidelines.
The APA manual provides more than a standardized method for formatting papers and citing papers--it provides information on legal and ethical aspects of publishing and has something to say on the topic of
authorship. Here are some of the statements contained therein that overlap with Bowen's suggested guidelines:
In the paper,
authorship is quantified as an objective data point; however, without the adoption of set criteria,
authorship is subjective.
History has informed the
authorship practices of the academy, entrenching privileged models of individual
authorship, particularly in the last century, even though collaboration has always existed, and in fact has been understood by
authorship historians as central to the rhetorical enterprise for most documented history (for example, Benedict, 2004; LeFevre, 1987; Lunsford & Ede, 1990; Masten, 1997; Woodmansee & Jaszi, 1994).
I will begin by observing that the persistence of the author in a supposedly postmodern moment is not peculiar to narratology; despite the deconstructive challenges of such theorists as Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes,
authorship still dominates the study and the consumption of literature.
To carry out this article, a search was conducted in the Medline bibliographic database by using the descriptors "
authorship", "students", "academicians", and "ethics" and their different combinations.
Honorary and ghost
authorship appears to be an issue in the profession of nursing.
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose
authorship determines responsibility for what was created.
At the same time, being sole author and being first author are the most highly valued
authorship statuses (Geelhoed et al., 2007; Seipel, 2003).
I covered how to choose a journal, the importance of following the instructions for authors, responsibilities of
authorship, communications with the editor, misuse of figures and tables, linking cited references to Medline and PubMed, what happens at the journal office, and what reviewers look for during the peer-review process.
In Shakespeare Only, Knapp sets out m revise this historical narrative, and Shakespeare's place in it, by arguing not only for the plausibility of a model of single
authorship, but for Shakespeare's awareness of and response to this model.
Although many helping professions have ethics codes that address publication issues, there is no standard among them regarding the issue of
authorship. Although it appears necessary to follow minimal codes of ethics regarding
authorship, consideration of suggested guidelines and aspirational ethics may enhance the professional growth of mental health professionals and students in mental health programs.
