LibGuides: Writing for Publication: Authors & Collaboration

Managing a Collaboration

Collaboration on research or writing projects involves multiple researchers or entities contributing to a common goal. A good collaboration should allow all parties to contribute and receive appropriate credit. We highly recommend that all parties involved consider guidelines and agreements before working together.

Review these resources before beginning a collaborative project:

Ten Simple Rules for a Successful Collaboration
This short articles relies on researchers' experience to create simple guidelines for effective research collaborations.
How to collaborate, Science Blog, 2012
This article discusses some strategies you can use to keep a collaborative project running smoothly.
Elsevier Researcher Academy: The Key to Successful Academic Collaborations
In this webinar, Dr. Aijaz A. Shaikh provides a detailed overview of research collaborations, highlighting its concepts, process and types. You’ll come away with complete knowledge of the approaches that make academic collaborations successful.
HHS ORI : Collaborative Research Tutorial
This in-depth, self-guided tutorial from the HHS ORI covers the types of collaborations, collaborator expectations, collaborator agreements, and legal considerations. It also contains a selection of case studies you can use to walk through common research collaboration pitfalls.

Find Collaborators

A brief guide to research collaboration for the young scholar
This short blog post discusses some tools and strategies you can use to find collaborations and initiate collaborative projects.
US NIH RePORTER Matchmaker
Enter abstracts or other scientific text to find a list of similar projects from RePORTER; mine them for potential contacts

Mendeley This link opens in a new window
A free citation manager with a social aspect that allows users to create citation libraries, upload and annotate attached, create bibliographies, store datasets, and share information with other users. Available as a browser addition, desktop utility, or app.

Determine Authorship Order

ICMJE Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors
This document defines who should and should not be considered an author on a manuscript, as determined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
What constitutes authorship? COPE Discussion Document
This document from the Committee on Publication Ethics discusses existing guidelines on authorship, puts together some basic principles to help prevent common problems, and sets out some of the more thorny issues that have come to light.
APA Tips for Determining Authorship Credit
These tips from the APA cover how to determine authorship and how to negotiate authorship and author order.