From: Alice L. Givan (Alice.L.Givan@dartmouth.edu)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 07:59:52 EST
I don't think people should be listed as authors on a paper unless they have played an intellectual role and hold some intellectual responsibility for the work being published. So, a member of the core lab staff might expect to be listed as an author on a publication if she/he has developed a new method that is being employed or has contributed to the strategy in staining or sorting. Other than that, I don't think core lab members should be included as authors on publications just because they are members (or directors) of the core lab (or have spent hours running samples or operating a sorter). The only trouble with these principles is that, often, half the people listed as authors on papers haven't a clue as to what the paper is about and are just being listed pro-forma. So there you go. Alice Alice L. Givan Englert Cell Analysis Laboratory Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon, NH 03756 USA tel 603-650-7661 fax 603-650-6130 givan@dartmouth.edu
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