Module 8: Determining Authorship and Writing a Query Letter

Objectives

In this module learners will

decide to write a single authored or multi-authored manuscript
understand the rights to authorship position from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; and
write a letter of query.

Video Lectures

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Authorship (12:00 min)

Experienced Author - Single Author (3:25 min)

Experienced Author - Multiple Authors (4:11 min)

Writing a Letter of Query (5:27 min)

To-do List:

Please download the Activity Log Workbook and Reflection Assignments if you haven't done so already.

Activity log Workbook

Interview: Single vs. Multi-Authorship (Page 9)
Interview an experienced author and discuss his/her experience as a single versus co-author of an article.

Optional: Multi-Authored (Page 10)
If you decide your manuscript will be multi-authored, determine the following:

Co-authors

Order of authors

Draft an agreement for dismissing an author for non-compliance with due dates

Refection Assignment

Authorship: (Page 10)
Write down the pros and cons for both single and multi authorship. Which seems to benefit your article the most?

Readings:

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acknowledgments, dual publication, self plagiarism, and salami publishing
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Erlen, J., Simmoff, L., Sereika, S., & Sutton, L. (1997). Multiple authorship: Issues and
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Flanagin, A., Fontanarosa, P.B, & DeAngelis, C.D. (2002). Authorship for research
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Johnson, S. (2004). Who’s idea is it? Nurse Author and Editor, 14(2), 1-4.

Kennedy, M.S., Barnsteiner, J. & Daly, J. (2014). Honorary and ghost authorship in
nursing publications. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 46(6), 416-422.

King, C., McGuire, D., Longman, A., & Carroll-Johnson, R. (1997). Peer review,
authorship, ethics, and conflict of interest. Image – The Journal of Nursing
Scholarship, 29(2), 163-167.

Lundberg, G. & Glass, R. (1996). What does authorship mean in a peer-reviewed medical
journal? JAMA 276(1), 75-76.

Oddi, L., & Oddi, A. (2000). Student-faculty joint authorship: Ethical and legal
concerns. Journal of Professional Nursing, 16(4), 219-227.

Ohler, L. (2003). Improving authorship accountability: Ethical considerations in
manuscript preparation. Nurse Author and Editor, 13(2), 7-9.