Karolina - it would depend where the author is making the claims. If it is on ResearchGate - I doubt that the publishers would intervene - as it does not affect them directly. That said, check your contract clauses carefully to see if any breach has been made by the editor. If so - raise it with the publishers (or firstly put it to the editor that they have done so) and see what happens. The correct thing to do, if you look at my site, is that I claim (as an editor) for the text overall - but then only claim for any chapters where I am co-author. I often edit chapters whereby I am making a major contribution to that chapter but, if my name is not one of the chapter contributors, then I do not claim it as a publication of my own.

Karolina - it would depend where the author is making the claims. If it is on ResearchGate - I doubt that the publishers would intervene - as it does not affect them directly. That said, check your contract clauses carefully to see if any breach has been made by the editor. If so - raise it with the publishers (or firstly put it to the editor that they have done so) and see what happens. The correct thing to do, if you look at my site, is that I claim (as an editor) for the text overall - but then only claim for any chapters where I am co-author. I often edit chapters whereby I am making a major contribution to that chapter but, if my name is not one of the chapter contributors, then I do not claim it as a publication of my own.

Please check your contract agreement.

Dear All,

Thank you very much for all the answers. As mentioned before my contract with the publisher exactly states who the main editor of the book is and that I am the only author of this particular chapter. Also, for your information, out of 7 chapters in this book, editor has written other 2.5 Chapters. After my intervention the published put on the book cover "Edited by XX" what is correct. But inside the book, next to the ISBN number it says: " The right of XXX to be identified as the Author of the Work..." the person is not mentioned as an an editor, but as an author....shouldn't the publisher mention the names of all 9 authors involved in the book here? In British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data therefore our names can not be found. The content of my chapter is very unique based on my 15 years of practical experience as a professional lighting designer and as I am relatively new to the academia compering with my practical experience I try to understand if this is normal behaviour. Obviously in real life one would take legal action, what other options I have in academia to get successful?

Dean Whitehead it is the official promotion of this book at the university on social media platforms. Information has been sent out by the editor of our book, so there is no possibility of somebody else making a mistake for example University's Marketing Department. I think this is done on purpose, to get the whole credit for the work of other people.

You should make sure that your name also appears in the book - for example, at the beginning of the chapter, or on the first page of the book.

If corresponding with the editor and the publisher does not lead to a proper resolution, I would then recommend you to contact with COPE. All the best!

A book editor is supposed to assist the author(s) by editing the manuscript and ensuring the script communicates the ideas, has good grammar. Your book was of work of fifteen years , that is your intellectual property as you were the creator of the works and you had a contract for the book editorial work The "society for editors and proofreaders ( sfep.org.uk)" has a mechanism of appeal and handling of complaints you can write to them. Also the organization may help you interpret the contract in case there was some small print which you missed out.

Thank you All, for all answers its very much appreciated.

Karolina - the fact that 'author' is mentioned on the inside page is 'copyright' speak adjusted. The copyright page tends not to distinguish between editor and author. They are mostly assumed to be the same thing. It is a misnomer because some edited texts (although not common), the editor does not author any content.

Dean - how do you do this, when the book has been printed? In the next edition? What will be the best place (book cataloguing-in-publication data) to double check this has been corrected?. Its about people not being able to identify the author(s) of particular chapter for referencing. I would really appreciate your expertise here. I think other users of RG will profit as well from your recommendation. Thank you so much.

Every chapter needs a reference to its author. This should have been agreed.

When citing such a document, individual chapters will be cited. Descriptive cataloging would bring out each chapter as an entity in the book. However, many librarians don't do that any more because it is too tedious. Editors are also cited as EDITORS not authors. An editor is not an author in any way. It is important for the one citing to know how to cite book chapters, especially if they are not using any technology/application to do so