Re: "junior" authorship

On 7/30/98, Hilary Cantwell <hilary[_at_]deakin.edu.au> wrote:
>
> I've come across the concept of "jumior" authorship, which seems to
> exist in the more scientific areas of research and writing.
>
> Person A does research, writes an article or thesis or book. Person B,
> usually more of an authority, might provide supervision and perhaps even
> funding - but might never put pen to paper.
>
> Then you see both Person A and Person B listed as authors on the
> published work - Person B usually taking second place - as "junior"
> author, as a credit for their involvement.
>
> It's interesting, because I've been involved in a situation where Person
> A decided he really hated Person B and refused to let Person B be
> acknowledged as "junior" author. Needless to say, there isn't a proper
> contract which sorts all this sort of thing out. And Person B didn't
> actually do any of the writing. So we've got the scientific community
> saying that this sort of thing goes on all the time, that it's standard
> practice - but it is a very dodgy practice, copyright-wise.
>
> Does this happen in the US as well??

Oh yes, that sort of thing happens in the US!!!

Marcy J. Gordon
<mgordon[_at_]pipeline.com> Received on Fri Jul 31 1998 - 12:17:35 GMT