Coauthorship Hitchhiking: Indicators and Effects in Scientifi c Development in Mongolia
This paper discusses about a phenomenon newly called as the “coauthorship hitchhiking,” a term we coined to denote the inclusion of coauthors in peer-reviewed publications without signifi cant intellectual input from these coauthors to the published works. We...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National University of Mongolia
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%209%20Number%201-2%20December%202011/pdf/mjbs009-01-02-07.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper discusses
about
a phenomenon newly called as the “coauthorship hitchhiking,” a term
we coined to denote the inclusion of coauthors in peer-reviewed publications without signifi cant
intellectual input from these coauthors to the published works. We feel that this phenomenon has
become fairly common due to increasing international research interest in Mongolia as international
authors include Mongolian researchers as coauthor(s) in their publications. Collaborative work is
important and indeed required to advance knowledge frontier, but it needs signifi cant input from all
coauthors to be a truly collaborative research output, namely a scientifi c publication. Although the
coauthorship hitchhiking is benefi cial to career of individual researchers, it is detrimental to overall
improvement of scientifi c thinking in the country. The authorship should be limited to those who have
substantially contributed to the work and who have a shared responsibility for the results. |
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| ISSN: | 1684-3908 2225-4994 |