Managing opportunities and challenges of co-authorship.
Research with the largest impact on practice and science is often conducted by teams with diverse substantive, clinical, and methodological expertise. Team and interdisciplinary research has created authorship groups with varied expertise and expectations. Co-authorship among team members presents many opportunities and challenges. Intentional planning, clear expectations, sensitivity to differing disciplinary perspectives, attention to power differentials, effective communication, timelines, attention to published guidelines, and documentation of progress will contribute to successful co-authorship. Both novice and seasoned authors will find the strategies identified by the Western Journal of Nursing Research Editorial Board useful for building positive co-authorship experiences.
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA conn@missouri.edu.
Vicki S
VS
Conn
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Sandra
S
Ward
South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA.
Linda
L
Herrick
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Robert
R
Topp
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
Gregory L
GL
Alexander
The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, USA.
Cindy M
CM
Anderson
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA.
Carol E
CE
Smith
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Lazelle E
LE
Benefield
Michigan State University, East Lansing, SA.
Barbara
B
Given
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Marita
M
Titler
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Janet L
JL
Larson
South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA.
Nancy L
NL
Fahrenwald
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Marlene Z
MZ
Cohen
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
Sharlene
S
Georgesen
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