Engineering Education & Research

How is collaborative research defined in your discipline?

• It's important to establish roles and authorship at the beginning of a project, and create partnering agreements. 
• Who should be the authors of your article (remember this includes students!), and who merits acknowledgement rather than authorship?  
• Consider the widely-recognized standards like NISO's CReditT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which can help you define the different contributor roles.

More topics related to Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) from the APA.

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