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Tagged with copyright authorship
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Can a pre-print manuscript co-author have the submission taken down if they object to its posting after the fact?
I really want to submit a manuscript to a pre-print server, where it would be only proper to include the P.I. as a co-author. Only problem is that our relationship is completely shot, and the P.I. ...
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I am a research student working on a book, should I be included as coauthor?
I realise similar questions have been asked previously, but I believe the circumstances here differ in some respects.
My former boss and I worked as practitioners in a particular field for several ...
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Correct acknowledgment for a figure's digital rendering
If I draw a figure freehand, and then ask somebody else to render it digitally, and integrate the resulting product in a publication, what is the correct way of acknowledging this person's work?
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If a journal publishes my article against my will, do they have the right to request a publication charge?
Three years ago, I submited my paper to a journal. On their website there was an impact factor. After submitting my work, I discovered that the stated impact factor is not official and the journal ...
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Who owns the copyright of the acquisition of an object or sample owned by a third party?
Our lab performed 3D scans of materials (e.g. metals, rocks etc.) produced by other institutions and universities. But I am also interested in other analyses.
I was wondering who has the copyright on ...
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Can a cat be a co-author in academic paper? [duplicate]
One of the most famous cat physicians must be F. D. Willard, who co-authored many physical papers.
My question is simple:
Is it academically correct to have a cat/dog as a co-author of a paper, in ...
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What to do if a colleague plans to submit the paper you worked on together without your name on it?
I have been working with another postdoc on a paper, here is what happened: I presented a work of mine before it was published (but it is in my thesis and on arxiv) and he decided he will use the same ...
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Question on whether I have committed plagiarism (modifying paragraphs from an unpublished document sent as email attachment for PhD thesis)
Background
My colleague and I are both PhD students (My colleague started about 8 months after me) from the same research group (and share the same PhD supervisor) in a UK university. We were ...
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Private company using my dissertation [closed]
Context: I work for a small private company in the US energy sector. Recently, my colleague found an application opportunity for the tool I developed as my PhD dissertation. We tested it out with a ...
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Copyright on a research photography
I was part of a research group in a research institute I called 'X'. In this research we used a very interesting, colorful technique so I take some pictures for myself that are very artistic. Now I ...
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Advice about the copyright in research work as a research associate [duplicate]
I need advice regarding the copyright of the work done as a research associate.
I am working for a university as a research associate and my principal investigator insists on publishing my work ...
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Can publisher alter or invent writing and attribute that to the author without consultation?
Is it legal to publish a document under an authors name without the author seeing the manuscript?
What if the author's manuscript is radically altered to the extent of say the opposite of the ...
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Authorised agent for joint authors in publication agreement
For the publication of a paper each of the joint authors needs to sign a publication agreement with the publisher. Instead, only one author can sign as an 'authorised agent for joint authors'. ...
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Duplicate publication by the co-authors
July 2015 : We four authors (Fabio, Alex, Haris and Mark) have submitted a paper in July 2015 and transfer of copyrights to the Journal A. Alex was corresponding author and I am Mark the 4th author.
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Collaborator published paper on ArXiv without my name
In the last four months, I have been working on a project with a friend. After the completion of writing part of paper, I started searching for conferences and found that my friend had already ...
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Writing two different books with some overlap
I am in the process of writing a book on machine learning. I have also been contacted to co-author another book, on the topic of deep learning. The books are quite different, but they do have some ...
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Uploading papers on sites such as Academia.edu - copyright issues/author copy
I'm in the process of setting up an account on Academia.edu and as you may know there is an area that allows you to add publications. My question is how does this work with a copyright agreement (...
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Solution manual and copyright?
Recently, I have worked out a solution manual for a book.
I have not found on the Internet any existing complete solution manual for this book.
Since the solution manual of mine contains every ...
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Status regarding co-authorship for a computer science research paper
I am employed as a student in a theoretical computer science research group and part of my job was to assist my supervisor with a scientific paper he has been working on.
Concretely, my job was to ...
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Co-authorship for not very involved supervisor
I have now completed my PhD by research.
I received support from my supervisor in the form of advice on my chapters (for which I am indebted to him; we have a very good working relationship).
The ...