Authorship conflicts in academia: an international cross-discipline survey

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.00386v3
• Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:19:32 GMT
• Title: Authorship conflicts in academia: an international cross-discipline survey
• Authors: Elizaveta Savchenko, Ariel Rosenfeld,
• Abstract summary: Conflicts over authorship credit arise very early in one's academic career, even at the level of Master and Ph.D., and become increasingly common over time.<n>Our findings are concerning and suggest that conflicts over authorship credit arise very early in one's academic career, even at the level of Master and Ph.D., and become increasingly common over time.
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• Abstract: Collaboration among scholars has emerged as a significant characteristic of contemporary science. As a result, the number of authors listed in publications continues to rise steadily. Unfortunately, determining the authors to be included in the byline and their respective order entails multiple difficulties which often lead to conflicts. Despite the large volume of literature about conflicts in academia, it remains unclear how exactly these are distributed over the main socio-demographic properties, as well as the different types of interactions academics experience. To address this gap, we conducted an international and cross-disciplinary survey answered by 752 academics from 41 fields of research and 93 countries that statistically well-represent the overall academic workforce. Our findings are concerning and suggest that conflicts over authorship credit arise very early in one's academic career, even at the level of Master and Ph.D., and become increasingly common over time.

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