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Gift authorship

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In academic english & research, gift authorship means: Listing a person as an author despite insufficient qualifying contribution.

In Turkish: armağan yazarlık

How it is used

Discuss contribution criteria rather than status or seniority.

Example sentences

  1. Adding the director solely because of her position would be gift authorship.

    Institutional rank does not establish a qualifying contribution.

  2. The team reviewed contribution records after a complaint about gift authorship.

    Records help compare claimed credit with actual work.

Common collocations

  • avoid gift authorship
  • allegation of gift authorship
  • co-authorOne of two or more people who write a paper or book together and share responsibility for its content; also used as a verb.
  • academic integrityThe commitment to honesty, fairness and responsibility in study and research, including citing sources, reporting data truthfully and doing your own work.

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