1. Ten simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper.
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Frassl, Marieke A., Hamilton, David P., Denfeld, Blaize A., de Eyto, Elvira, Hampton, Stephanie E., Keller, Philipp S., Sharma, Sapna, Lewis, Abigail S. L., Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., O’Reilly, Catherine M., Lofton, Mary E., and Catalán, Núria
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AUTHORSHIP collaboration , *COLLABORATIVE learning , *ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (Academic dissertations) , *INFORMATION resources management , *GROUP work in research - Abstract
An editorial is presented which discusses the collaborative writing with multiple authors which has additional challenges including varied levels of engagement of coauthors, provision of fair credit through authorship or acknowledgements and acceptance of diversity of work styles. Also discussed are the 10 simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper which include to build a writing team wisely; to create a data management plan and to jointly decide on authorship guidelines.
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- 2018
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