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First Author:
- Typically the person who made the most significant contribution to the work and wrote the first draft of the manuscript.
Last Author:
- Within ID the last author should be either the program director who funds it (which for all DRDAM is Angelo Dragone), or otherwise the ID director (which is Ryan Herbst).
- Often the last author, usually the principal investigator or the one who provided overall guidance and oversight.
Order of Contribution:
Within ID we order all authors “alphabetical” in between the first and last author. This includes the program or division director when they are not the last author.- Authors in between should be listed according to their level of contribution to the research and manuscript preparation.
Exceptions can be requested and may be granted by the division director.
Acknowledgments
- Non-Author Contributions: Individuals who contributed to the research but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged separately in the acknowledgments section.
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All publications by members of ID must be reviewed and approved by their division director before being submitted. The division review will ensure that (1) all :
- All publication requirements have been met,
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- The author list is appropriate,
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- Both prior work and current contributions have been reasonably acknowledged,
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- The document is clear and comprehensible, and
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- Alert the lead author when the paper is patent worthy or copyright sensitive.
Division procedures must ensure that the review is fair and unbiased, and that freedom of scientific inquiry is not unfairly constrained. The The division review must be completed promptly, in no more than a few days.
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