Activity for CUREs to increase student understanding and application of responsible authorship and publication practices.

ABSTRACT: Professional development of scientists is enhanced by training students in responsible conduct of research earlier in their careers. One aspect of responsible conduct of research is authorship ethics, which concerns granting of credit to those who make intellectual contributions to the research. The activity discussed in this article emphasizes how authorship ethics can be integrated with Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) and includes an adaption that could also be used for independent research students. The activity allows students to reflect upon inequalities and problems seen in scientific authorship, including gender bias, failure to credit effort (ghostwriters), and inclusion of authors that did not meaningfully contribute to the work (honorary/gift authorship). Th

SUBMITTER: Wilson KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360547 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature