2nd Egyptian Educational Institute on Responsible Science 

HaithamMozher Saifeldeen

LamyaaM. Sayed

Marwa Fawzy El‐Metwaly

Mohamed El‐Debeiky

Sayed Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed

Group 3:Yaldez, Mohamed Helal and Jenna

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Target group: post‐graduate student

The needed time: One credit hour (the first

semester).

Course:

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Brain storming

Video watching

Small group discussion

MCQs with Clicker voting

Teaching methods

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Improving knowledge about responsible authorship 

to protect the intellectual property by fair distribution 

of responsibility and glory.

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Objectives

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Define the authorship  .

Identify  authorship criteria.

Arrange the authors in the proper order.

Decide who deserves acknowledgment.

Construct  preventive measures of authorship conflict.

objectives

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Definition of authorship

Criteria for authorship

Authorship order

Acknowledgement 

Prevention of Authorship conflicts 

List of content

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Authorship

Authors are listed to provide a public record

of responsibility and credit for the work

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Watch the video and read the rolesThink alone and vote for the next questionTalk to your neighbor and then vote again 

(7 minutes)

Activity 1

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Mohamed: Originated the idea & Designed the experiment

Lamyaa: Wrote the paper

Marwa: English correction for a fee

Haitham: Fresh graduate student, collected all data & statistical analysis

Sayed: Advisor & Editor.

Activity 1

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A. Lamyaa, Mohamed, Marwa and Sayed

B. Mohamed, Haitham, Lamyaa and Sayed

C. Sayed, Mohamed, Marwa and Haitham

D. Haitham, Mohamed , Lamyaa and Sayed

What do you think the most reliable order of the authors on publication?

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Group Discussion

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A. Lamyaa, Mohamed, Marwa and Sayed

B. Mohamed, Haitham, Lamyaa and Sayed

C. Sayed, Mohamed, Marwa and Haitham

D. Haitham, Mohamed , Lamyaa and Sayed

What do you think the most reliable order of the authors on publication?

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Criteria of author

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Criteria of author

Major contribution to concept, design, analysis

and/or interpretation of the work

Drafting article / revising it

Role in final version submitted for publication

Responsibility & credit for work

Able to present, discuss, interpret, and defend

work, analysis, and conclusions

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First: person doing most of research &writing. (Haitham)

Second:  suggesting the point of research and/or study design 

and/or main technical help. (Mohamed)

Third, fourth …: descending contributions. (Lamyaa)

Last: Most senior person. (Sayed)

Author Order

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Acknowledgement Vs Authorship 

Activity 2Please select A or B using clicker:               A= Acknowledgement  B= Authorship

(3 minutes)   

AA=1. Actual hands‐on work, but not necessarily all  

technical help.

2. Person doing statistical analyses for a fee.

3. Anyone contributing to the development of 

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Acknowledgement

Acknowledge People or institutions with minor but respected role in project

People who cannot or do not want to be author

Acknowledgement should specify contribution, not offer vague thanks for help

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Examples of Contributions Appropriate for Acknowledgement

Advice on study design Statistical or technical adviceAssistance with data entry or analysisPhotographyFinancial support Editorial assistance

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Prevention of Authorship Problems

Early agreement on: precise roles of contributors & collaborators. matters of authorship and publication.

The lead author should periodically review the status of authorship credits with all prospective collaborators.

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To be considered as an author:should have participated sufficiently to take publicresponsibility for the content. 

This participation must include:(a) conception / design / analysis / interpretation of data.(b) drafting the article or revising it for critically important 

intellectual content.(c) final approval of the version to be published.

Summary

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Researchers compete for authorship because of:

A. Improve CV

B. Promotion

C. Confirmation of intellectual property

D. All of the above

E. Non of the above

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Student Ahmed completed a masters thesis under supervision

of Prof. Mervat and other two supervisors. He completed his

thesis without any guidance of Prof. Mervat and before

publishing the data he left the university. Prof. Mervat

contacted Ahmed number of times about writing up his work

for publication in an international journal. Initially, he responds

that he is working on the paper but later, he indicates that he

doesn’t have time to write up the paper. Prof. Mervat decided

to publish Ahmed’s work without his name while, one of the

other two advisors didn’t agree.28

• Should Ahmed be rewarded with authorship?

• Who should be the first author?

• Who decides, in the end, the order of authorship?

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A. List the importance of authorship to researcher,

faculty members and institute.

B. Clarify the student rights in authorship of theses

and dissertations

C. Setup authorship guidelines for the institution

D. Develop authorship conflict prevention and

management procedures (take home assignment)

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