title: Authorship Concerns and Who Truly Owns a Research Idea?
abstract: Researchers often face dilemmas about authorship. When the researchers are graduate students, fellows, or junior faculty, the dilemmas might involve discussions about fair criteria for more senior faculty to be acknowledged as key contributors or authors on manuscripts. This "Ethics Rounds" presents a case in which a fellow faced such a dilemma. We review current journal guidelines for authorship and some ethical considerations that should help make this process more streamlined.
authors.affiliation: Laney Graduate School, Emory University, and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; sana.syed@emory.edu syedsana@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.affiliation: Laney Graduate School, Emory University, and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
authors.forename: Duc Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina;
authors.forename: Alex R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kemper
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.
authors.forename: Joseph W St
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Geme
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lantos
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research; D004989:Ethics; D018973:Intellectual Property