Keywords in Science and Engineering Ethics

Student Authorship

Responsible Authorship: A module covering ethical issues that arise in publishing research individually, collaboratively, and as a student in various fields.
When May a Student Publish?: This article deals with a graduate student who wrote a paper and is faced with the problem on whether there is a need to inform his professor of his work or not.
Surprise Authorship, Credit and Responsibility: In this scenario, a graduate student realizes that he/she is given credit and coauthorship of a paper. An ethical problem arises when the student is not familiar with the theoretical background of a section of the paper.
What about my contribution?: Two professors coauthor a paper that incorporates something a student had done without any credit to the student.
How Should Undergraduates Acknowledge Research Aid?: Two students are informed over dinner about a new piece of equipment which later turns out to be the answer to their problem.
Credit and Collaboration in a Molecular Biology Lab: Ethical problems surface when two people will be sole authors of a research paper to which many people contributed.