title: An analytic hierarchy process model to apportion co-author responsibility.
abstract: The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) can be used to determine co-author responsibility for a scientific paper describing collaborative research. The objective is to deter scientific fraud by holding co-authors accountable for their individual contributions. A hierarchical model of the research presented in a paper can be created by dividing it into primary and secondary elements. The co-authors then determine the contributions of the primary and secondary elements to the work as a whole as well as their own individual contributions. They can use the results to determine authorship order.
authors.affiliation: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-2214, USA. t.sheskin@csuohio.edu
authors.forename: Theodore J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sheskin
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000379:methods*; D011643:Publishing; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D016526:Workload