Scientists have their own rules, there is no defined rule which technical person gets authorship? What do you follow or is being followed in your research vicinity or lab?
My view is that as long as a technician makes a substantial contribution to the data generation for a paper, then they should definitely be included. Without technical support, many of my papers would never have been produced. including them is good for morale and demonstrates that they are a key member of the research team.
Dear Dr. Juneja
I personally feel that technicians should get reward of their contribution by making them as one of the author of the article. Their contribution is significant and it will further motivate them
My view is that as long as a technician makes a substantial contribution to the data generation for a paper, then they should definitely be included. Without technical support, many of my papers would never have been produced. including them is good for morale and demonstrates that they are a key member of the research team.
In my opinion, I also think that the technicians should be included in the authorship if they do a good amount of work. Sometimes, they work on isolating thousands of plant DNA samples when involve in a labor-intensive project. This kind of work for a single post-doc/graduate student alone (for example) is hard to accomplish without their help.
I put all contributors name in research paper; research associate, Phd student masters students and technical asst as per their contribution. Technical asst. is a valuable partner in research for reproducible results of regularly done assays in the laboratory. Ethically it should be followed as a mater of practice in all labs
This is "ethics in publishing". We discuss with everyone who is involved.
I'm in agreement with the above. I have certainly put techs on my papers because they contributed substantially to the project. If a tech drives a project of their own as well as contributing to the lab's other research then I think there is no argument - first author of their own stuff. I know senior techs for whom this is the norm. And why not? I wish there was more funding for techs as they are invaluable.
In my institution we usually put the name of all that contribute to the paper, techicians, students,
I recently asked a "dude" down here to proofread a paper I need to send. He included himself as an author. Regardless of the quality, shouldn't that be reported within the "Author Contributions" ACS style
"The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript.‡These authors contributed equally. (match statement to author names with a symbol)"
I don't think proofreading is a "work" needed to be included. Where do you draw the line?
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