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Authorship Policy

POLICY NO: RES-12.0 

DATE OF APPROVAL: 20 November 1998 

REFERENCE AUTHORITY: Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Research and Innovation)

CROSS REFERENCE: Guidelines for Responsible Practice in Research (RES 1.0)

• Preamble
• Policy
• Procedures.

 

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Preamble

The University of South Australia complies with the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research. Completion and retention of the Statement of Authorship Form fulfils the requirements of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.

 

Policy

A Statement of Authorship Form must be completed and retained for each publication at time of submission for publication.

Authorship is defined by the Australian Code as follows:

Attribution of authorship depends to some extent on the discipline, but in all cases, authorship must be based on substantial contributions in a combination of:

• conception and design of the project 
• analysis and interpretation of research data
• drafting significant parts of the work or critically revising it so as to contribute to the interpretation. 

 

Procedures 

At the time of submission for publication, a Statement of Authorship Form will be completed.

For each publication, an executive author who accepts overall responsibility for the publication will be identified.

The information recorded will include: 

• The title of the paper/chapter/book 
• The name of the journal/publisher to which it has been submitted 
• The date of submission 
• The name and signature of the executive author 
• The names and signatures of other authors (where an author is unavailable the appropriate Head of School/Manager of Unit may sign on their behalf, indicating the reason for their unavailability) 
• The location of the primary data relating to the work which is the subject of the publication 
• Completed forms, along with a copy of the item submitted for publication, will be retained on file by the Head of School or Manager of Unit.

Under the Australian Code the University should establish procedures to resolve conflict arising through disputes about authorship. 

Any disputes will be brought to the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Research and Innovation) who will pass the dispute on to a Dean Research to investigate. (Deans Research will not consider disputes within their own Division). The Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Research and Innovation) will make a ruling if the dispute is not resolved. If academic misconduct is found, the matter will be brought to the attention of the Vice Chancellor, triggering the process outlined in the Award. 

 

 

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