Long distance collaboration

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Long distance collaboration

What is this about?

Two research groups are collaborating remotely. One will provide the experimental results, the other will provide simulations.

One of the scientists from the simulating group discovers the other group has overlooked some fundamental physics. She decides this needs to be published immediately, and overnight writes a paper to demonstrate this, including experiments from their collaborators. The scientist who writes the article makes himself the first author.

He sends the draft to the collaborating group, who immediately respond angrily. They reject the idea that someone else could be first author with their experiments and they threaten to cancel the collaboration, retracting all funding.

For whom is this important?

collaborating groupsResearchers

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Who

• fictional

When

• fictional

Where

• fictional

Virtues & Values

• Reliability

Research Area

• PE - Physical Sciences and Engineering