tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post8146342451408108898..comments2024-03-28T11:48:17.788-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Authorship: Who gets credit?Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-61415665412384266612014-08-04T11:05:58.632-07:002014-08-04T11:05:58.632-07:00@Dan - You are probably correct. I'm having tr...@Dan - You are probably correct. I'm having trouble thinking of an archaeological situation where this might apply. I suppose that if I worked with looters or commercial art collectors to describe some nice looted Aztec artifacts they had in their possession, and they wanted to publish their finds, I'd rather not have my name on the publication. But then those archaeologists who DO work with commercial dealers and collectors of looted art don't seem shy about putting their names on publications about the material.<br /><br />I turned down an invitation a few years ago to give a lecture at an event featuring looted Aztec art. Maybe I thereby gave up my chance to be a ghost author. But the one thing that bummed me out about declining that invitation was that I would not be able to say on my CV that I had given a lecture in the guitar-shaped auditorium of the Buddy Holly Museum in Lubbock, Texas. "Oh boy!"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJT1cgQeGI<br />Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-28066616218449285782014-08-04T02:09:51.751-07:002014-08-04T02:09:51.751-07:00I think the ghost authorship thing is generally pa...I think the ghost authorship thing is generally part of corruption by pharmaceutical companies who want to disguise their associations with a publication and facilitate it saying what they want it to say.Dan Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346683956118701017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-29977705642162548732014-08-03T21:56:08.157-07:002014-08-03T21:56:08.157-07:00Here is an interesting authorship issue that sugge...Here is an interesting authorship issue that suggests one of two ethical violations were at work. This case is not in archaeology. A student completes a dissertation. Shortly thereafer a paper is published in a journal, coauthored by the student and his or her graduate adviser. The paper is allegedly a close copy of one of the dissertation chapters.<br /><br />Scenario A: The adviser has horned in on the publication credit, as an honorary author. The publication should have been a single-author paper by the new Ph.D.<br /><br />Scenario B: The dissertation chapter was co-written by the adviser. In this case the authorship credit is fine, but I don't think faculty are supposed to co-author dissertation chapters...Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.com