Authorship Protocols Must Change to Credit Citizen Scientists

The sociopolitical nature of research is changing and so must our protocols for authorship. Citizen scientists are often excluded from authorship because they cannot meet rigid journal criteria. To address this, we propose a new concept: allowing nonprofessional scientists to be credited as authors...

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Published in:Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) 2020-03, Vol.35 (3), p.187-190
Main Authors: Ward-Fear, Georgia, Pauly, Gregory B., Vendetti, Jann E., Shine, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
citizen science
community science
group coauthorship
research ethics
traditional ecological knowledge
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Summary:The sociopolitical nature of research is changing and so must our protocols for authorship. Citizen scientists are often excluded from authorship because they cannot meet rigid journal criteria. To address this, we propose a new concept: allowing nonprofessional scientists to be credited as authors under a collective identity (‘group coauthorship’).
ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.007