The ethics of multiple authorship in East Asia The case of Hong Kong Bruce Macfarlane University of Hull, 17 th March 2015.

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The ethics of multiple authorship in East Asia The case of Hong Kong Bruce Macfarlane University of Hull, 17 th March 2015

The growth of multiple authorship 2

33 Why? Growth of new multi-disciplinary research fields Increasing methodological sophistication Dominance of empiricism over theory-oriented scholarship Growth of opportunities to collaborate internationally Increasing competition and performative pressures in academic life Endersby (1996); Park (2014)

444 Who is an author? Authorship should be based on substantial contributions to which of these 3 conditions? 1)Conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data? 2)Drafting the article or revising it critically for intellectual content? 3)Final approval of the version to be published?

5555 The Vancouver protocol Authorship should be based on substantial contributions to ALL of the following 3 conditions: 1)Conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data; AND 2)Drafting the article or revising it critically for intellectual content; AND 3)Final approval of the version to be published ICMJE (1978)

Authorship abuses and effects Gift authorship: someone is credited as an author who has not made a significant contribution Ghost authorship: the real author of the paper uncredited White Bull effect: pressure or coercion from senior researchers to get unmerited authorship credit (Kwok, 2005) The Matthew effect: well-known researchers tend to get more credit than less well known authors in multi-authored work (Merton, 1968)

7777 Hong Kong case study Online questionnaire survey based on 4 case scenarios to investigate ethical issues surrounding multiple authorship Lessen impact of social desirability reporting Sent to all academic members (299) of education schools/faculties in Hong Kong universities. Response rate of 36% (108 respondents) Minimal differences on basis of academic rank, gender, age, or country where they obtained their PhD

8888 Who is an author? Respondents who thought that meeting any ONE of these conditions constituted legitimate authorship (108 respondents) 1)Conception and design (78%), or analysis and interpretation of data (47%)? 2)Drafting the article or revising it critically for intellectual content (76%)? 3)Final approval of the version to be published (13%)? (Macfarlane, 2015 unpublished data)

9 Who should ALWAYS receive an authorship credit?

Design the study Conduct interviews Transcribe & analyse data Write the paper 10 Prof. Smith Head of Department Dr. Jones Assistant Professor Former PhD supervisor Former PhD student 50% Case scenario 1: The co-authors

11 Suggested solutions (108 responses) Make your own suggestion

12 Performative pressures ‘Dr. Jones needs first authorship more for career advancement.’ (Male, Full Prof.) ‘Select Dr. Jones because he needs the credit most for the attainment of tenure.’ (Female, Assistant Prof.) ‘Based on my experiences and interactions with my mentors, they would give the first authorship to the junior one, especially under the pressure of tenure and promotion.’ (Female, Assistant Prof.) ‘Hopefully Prof. Smith would realize that s/he probably doesn’t need 1 st authorship as much as Dr. Jones.’ (Male, Assistant Prof.)

13 Design/conception Data gathering & analysis Writes a paper based on thesis Dr. Yan PhD supervisor The research student PhD supervisor PhD student Case scenario 2: The research student Met once a month for 3 years Given feedback on thesis Encourages student to write a paper Comments on draft, makes suggestions

14 The research student 1) The research student should be the sole author (23%) ‘I think only commenting on the paper does not entitle an authorship.’ (Female, PDF) 2) The paper should have two authors. The supervisor should be the second author (77%) ‘I think that Dr. Yan should be the second author given that he/she is the supervisor, and have provided feedback on the work (even if the feedback is only small and may not be very constructive.)’ (Female, Associate Prof.)

15 Prof. Chen (Full professor) Case scenario 3: The project team Dr. Lee (Assistant professor) Dr. Wong (Post-Doctoral Fellow) Develops proposal & gets funding Organises & chairs research team meetings Collects & analyses all data Writes the paper for publication Designs research instrument Oversees work of Dr. Wong Makes minor amendments to paper

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17 Conducts literature review Pilots and amends questionnaire Sends out questionnaire, analyses all responses Drafts full paper Prof. Cash (Funded project PI) The research Assistant (masters student) Recruits the RA works for Prof. Cash Case scenario 4: The research assistant Obtains funding for project Designs questionnaire Makes minor amendments to paper & submits it to a journal

18 Who should be the first author? Prof. Cash should be the first author (62%) ‘The one who writes the proposal and gets funding always deserves to have the first authorship (unless he/she gets someone else to write for it). Supervisor is supervisor’ (Female, Associate Prof.) The research student should be the first author (37%) ‘…the Professor does not write the paper or a substantial part of it. Why should he deserve authorship?’ (Female, Assistant Prof.) ‘Under normal circumstances the PI will be the first author, however, sometimes is good to help junior people to succeed in the future.’ (Male, Associate Prof.)

19 The gift economy Gift authorship: authorship credit is gifted on the basis of indebtedness, gratitude or pressure from others Power ordering: author order is determined on the basis of academic hierarchy Gift ordering: author order is determined on the basis of career and/or performative needs

20 Gift authorship: pressure & indebtedness ‘Meeting once a month for 3 years is substantial contributions and deserves co-authorship.’ (Female, Assistant Prof.) ‘I was repeatedly asked by my department head to put his name on my articles despite the fact he had never been involved in building the conceptual framework, the subsequent data collection and the writing up of the manuscript.’ (Female, Associate Prof.) ‘I have seen students that feel indebted towards his/her supervisor, and s/he wants to add the supervisor as a second author (not under any pressure but rather sense of gratitude).’ (Male, Assistant Prof.)

21 Power ordering: the ‘boss’ comes first ‘[in determining first authorship]…the main point is who gains funding for research.’ (Male, PDF) ‘… under normal circumstance, the PI of the project would be the first author.’ (Male, Associate Prof.) ‘I think that Prof. Chen should be the first author given that he brought in the funding, and likely that he hired Dr. Wong as the post-doctoral fellow.’ (Female, Associate Prof.) ‘I both gave a “gift” authorship to my supervisor who didn't write the paper…..I was forced to include a name of a person who obtained research funding but did not write a word of the paper…’ (Female, Assistant Prof.)

22 Gift ordering: who needs to be the 1 st author the most? ‘I think both scholars should sit down and talk about the issue of authorship of a publication, as it has great impact on promotion, application for tenure and so forth.’ (Male, Assistant Prof.) ‘Select Dr. Jones because he needs the credit most for the attainment of tenure.’ (Female, Assistant Prof.) ‘Based on my experiences and interactions with my mentors, they would give the first authorship to the junior one, especially under the pressure of tenure and promotion.’ (Female, Assistant Prof.)

23 The white bull effect ‘I believe only those who contributed to the article should be considered as authors. Free riding is a disgraceful behavior in academia and for the advance of science particularly when it is done by senior faculty or people with power to do it, which do it because they feel entitled to.’ (Male, Assistant Prof.)

24 Concluding thoughts Few academics understand what constitutes legitimate authorship Hierarchy, power and performative pressures can play a more significant role than intellectual contribution in determining authorship order Cultural practices (eg guanxi) may have an influence in shaping attitudes to multiple authorship Universities need to address multiple authorship as part of their research ethics protocols and training

25 Thank you for listening. Please contact me Bruce Macfarlane Professor of Higher Education University of Southampton (Also pls find me on linked in, research gate, academia.edu)