The following case scenario has been featured as an R4I@UF “Case of the Month”.

The Left-Out Author

Authorship disputes are, unfortunately, rather common, such as missing authors, disagreements about author order, changes to author order, etc. This video (0:53, click on the video image) sets up a common authorship dilemma, and just how tricky it can be to resolve. After watching the video, consider these two questions.

1. What would you do?

2. Perhaps more importantly, what could have been done to prevent this?

For more information, please download and share this infographic (PDF) about Authorship Practices to Avoid Conflicts.

This scenario was produced by the US Department of Health & Human Services Office of Research Integrity.