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Consortium Authorship: Ethical Tensions in Emerging Authorship Practices in Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research.

Hub Zwart¹, Yasha Tenhagen¹, Mohammad Hosseini^1,2

¹Erasmus School of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Summary

Consortium authorship, also known as group or team authorship, is emerging in science to reflect collaborative research. This study explores its viability and ethical considerations, suggesting it complements individual authorship.

Keywords:

Academic authorship Accountability Acknowledgement and reward Consortium authorship Microbiology journals Publication ethics Sympoiesis

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Research ethics
Academic publishing

Background:

Traditional authorship models are strained by large-scale, collaborative scientific research.
Many listed authors in fields like biomedicine do not meet traditional contribution and accountability criteria.
The rise of team science necessitates new approaches to acknowledging contributions.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the viability of consortium authorship (group/team authorship) as an emerging practice.
To explore the normative and ethical dimensions of consortium authorship.
To understand how consortium authorship is currently handled in academic journals, particularly in biomedicine.

Main Methods:

Literature review on academic authorship and team science.
Case study analysis of experiences within a research consortium.
Deliberative workshop on consortium authorship.
Analysis of journal practices in biomedical fields.

Main Results:

Consortium authorship offers practical benefits and acknowledges the value of collaboration.
Ethical questions arise regarding the accountability of consortium authors for the entire work.
Consortium authorship is most effective when combined with individual authorship.

Conclusions:

Consortium authorship presents a viable, though complex, model for scientific collaboration.
This practice challenges traditional notions of academic authorship, prompting a re-evaluation.
Donna Haraway's concept of sympoiesis provides a framework for rethinking authorship in collaborative science.