Authorship and Citizen Science: Seven Heuristic Rules.
Authorship
Citizen science
Credit
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Vancouver guidelines
Journal
Science and engineering ethics
ISSN: 1471-5546
Titre abrégé: Sci Eng Ethics
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9516228
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Oct 2024
29 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
07
03
2023
accepted:
10
09
2024
medline:
29
10
2024
pubmed:
29
10
2024
entrez:
29
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Citizen science (CS) is an umbrella term for research with a significant amount of contributions from volunteers. Those volunteers can occupy a hybrid role, being both 'researcher' and 'subject' at the same time. This has repercussions for questions about responsibility and credit, e.g. pertaining to the issue of authorship. In this paper, we first review some existing guidelines for authorship and their applicability to CS. Second, we assess the claim that the guidelines from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), known as 'the Vancouver guidelines', may lead to exclusion of deserving citizen scientists as authors. We maintain that the idea of including citizen scientists as authors is supported by at least two arguments: transparency and fairness. Third, we argue that it might be plausible to include groups as authors in CS. Fourth and finally, we offer a heuristic list of seven recommendations to be considered when deciding about whom to include as an author of a CS publication.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39470965
doi: 10.1007/s11948-024-00516-x
pii: 10.1007/s11948-024-00516-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53Subventions
Organisme : Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
ID : 2019-00548
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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