27 November 2013 97 7K Report

When research students are developing manuscripts under the supervision of one or two or three supervisors, who should be the first author: the student or the supervisor? When the research question arises, in some cases, the supervisor(s) say(s) that the research is yours, but when the paper is developed he/she wants to be the first author. In some cases, the supervisor secures financial support to do the work. In that case who should be given the priority to be the first author? The supervisor or the real person who does the research. In many cases, the research idea is the supervisor's. In some research studies, the technical staff (laboratory technicians) help a lot in the analysis of samples. Is he/she should be given an authorship? In many research, statisticians help in the analysis of the research. Does the statistician also need to be given authorship?

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