collection of information about Ethics in Research training

collection of information about Ethics in Research training

University policies, etc.

University, state and federal policies and procedures are found http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/policies/. It also contains instructional materials that seminar leaders can use.

APS Ethics statement

http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/02_2.cfm

Authorship Statements

APS authorship statement

Publication and Authorship Practices

Excerpt from http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/02_2.cfm

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the concept, design, execution or interpretation of the research study. All those who have made significant contributions should be offered the opportunity to be listed as authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the study should be acknowledged, but not identified as authors. The sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Plagiarism constitutes unethical scientific behavior and is never acceptable. Proper acknowledgement of the work of others used in a research project must always be given. Further, it is the obligation of each author to provide prompt retractions or corrections of errors in published works.

Other examples of Authorship guidelines

COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (Elsevier)

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/351/authorinstructions

Authorship All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.

Michigan State

http://uiio.msu.edu/authorshipguidelines.htm

Authorship - A person claiming authorship of a scholarly publication must have met the following criteria:

Substantial participation in conception and design of the study, or in analysis and interpretation of data;
Substantial participation in the drafting of the manuscript or in the substantive editing of the manuscript;
Final approval of the version of the manuscript to be published;
Ability to explain and defend the study in public or scholarly settings.

(Note: these criteria follow closely those recommended by several professional associations. See especially the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Annals of Internal Medicine 1988; 108: 258-65.)

Harvard

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/integrity/authorship.html (this contain good introduction to the issue)

AUTHORSHIP

Everyone who is listed as an author should have made a substantial, direct, intellectual contribution to the work. For example (in the case of a research report) they should have contributed to the conception, design, analysis and/or interpretation of data. Honorary or guest authorship is not acceptable. Acquisition of funding and provision of technical services, patients, or materials, while they may be essential to the work, are not in themselves sufficient contributions to justify authorship.
Everyone who has made substantial intellectual contributions to the work should be an author. Everyone who has made other substantial contributions should be acknowledged.
When research is done by teams whose members are highly specialized, individual's contributions and responsibility may be limited to specific aspects of the work.
All authors should participate in writing the manuscript by reviewing drafts and approving the final version.
One author should take primary responsibility for the work as a whole even if he or she does not have an in-depth understanding of every part of the work.
This primary author should assure that all authors meet basic standards for authorship and should prepare a concise, written description of their contributions to the work, which has been approved by all authors. This record should remain with the sponsoring department.