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While some respondents to the survey reported no problems relating to co-authorship, for many others there are clear challenges. Primarily these relate to the order in which author names should be listed and determining who should receive an authorship credit. Enchiridion / ɛn kəˈrɪd i ən a small book containing essential information on a subject; Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek enkheiridion, from en- ‘within’ + kheir ‘hand’ + diminutive suffix –idion

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O ur second column on publishing your work offers a few tips around the ethics of preparing your work for publication. Like everything else in your project so far, there are some essential ground rules. Here are a few tips to consider: • Deciding authorship is an important consideration at the start of a project. Don’t wait until you are ready to put it all on paper. You’d be surprised how difficult agreeing authorship can be if it hasn’t been discussed at the outset. Who is named? Who is acknowledged? Does the organisation have rules if you work across sites? This is important information to consider. Also, be sure that every author named on your paper has made a significant contribution to the work. They may have contributed to the initial idea, helped to design the study, collected data or even helped in analysing or interpreting the data. Each author needs to take responsibility for the paper and be accountable for what is in it! • Unless you have undertaken a literature review, if you are publishing your work, you will almost certainly have needed to have obtained ethics approval from your local Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) before you start. This process ensures that you have a clear plan for the ethical conduct of your project but also enables the publication process. Do think ahead about whether you want to present your idea at conferences, submit to JCPSLP, to IJSLP, or even further afield. Where formal ethics committees are not available to you, it will be important to include a statement in your paper that states you have followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. It’s worth looking up! • The reporting guidelines we spoke about last Speak Out should also be your constant companion when you plan to carry out a study but also when you sit down to write it up. Do you remember reading the last issue about the Equator Network? This stands for E nhancing the QUA lity Publishing your work The ethics of publishing…

The most commonly occurring problems associated with co-authored papers.

Fairly listing the order of names l Determining whether each named author has contributed sufficiently l Inclusion of individuals who do not deserve an authorship credit l Abuse of power to manipulate authorship order l Exclusion of individuals who deserve an authorship credit

source: ‘Co-Authorship in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Global View’ a Taylor & Francis White Paper bit.ly/HSScoauthorship

“In my experience it is often women who are often left out or moved down the authorship order.” Editor, Humanities, Australia Anne Whitworth Editor, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ijslp.edito @curtin.edu.au Kirrie J Ballard Editor, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ijslp.editor@sydney.edu.au Natalie Davall Publisher, Taylor & Francis Australasia Natalie.davall@tandf.com.au case, carrying out interviews, or carrying out an RCT, these guidelines will act as an essential map. Check out the website: www.equator-network.org • Have you checked that you’ve cited your own, and others’, work correctly? Do you need to seek permission from the rightsholder? There may be a cost associated with the reuse. This will be checked as part of the publication process – plagiarism is one of the top reasons for retraction! • A final tip for here is, if you are unsure whether your work is ready or appropriate for publishing in a particular forum, contact the Editor and have a conversation about it. SPA has a number of different avenues and it’s helpful to know which might be the best home for your study. Do let us know if there are any particular topics that you’d like to hear more about in this column. The better informed we all are, the more likely it is that the process of publishing your work will go smoothly.

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