The German University Association's Recommendations on Academic Publication Behaviour
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The German University Association's Recommendations on Academic Publication Behaviour
What is this about?
This guideline deals specifically with Authorship criteria in academic publications, laying down different legal bases such as Copyright law and the German Higher Education Law. In addition, it emphasized the ethical guideline concerning authorship and makes references to inter-disciplinary variations.
Why is this important?
Besides ethical principles, it is important that researchers be aware of national laws such as those of copyright. This influences authorship especially in the case of joint authorship.
For whom is this important?
What are the best practices?
- Awareness of legal basis
- Ethical principles of authorship