Establishing good collaborative research practices in the responsible conduct of research in nursing science

Conducting research through cross national collaboration

“…There were also others who contributed to the process, such as members of the International Council of Nursing (ICN) and the INP/APNN research assistants, and the statisticians who reviewed the data. The clarity of roles within the team was more important than geographical distance, a phenomenon also described by Ulrich et al (). The team evaluated the outcomes of the collaboration and research project as the final goal.…”

Addressing the vexed issue of authorship and author order: A discussion paper

“…These themes reflect the main issues raised in collaborative writing and highlight the importance of good communication between research team members to avoid problems associated with publication. However, many nursing and midwifery authors are unable to identify good collaborative research practices and inappropriate authorship is a significant problem in scholarly publications (Kornhaber et al., ; Ulrich et al., ).…”

“…In a study into nurses’ views on collaborative research practices, Ulrich et al. () found that almost 40% of survey participants could not identify good collaborative practices. Confusion on authorship and author order is also common.…”

“…Confusion on authorship and author order is also common. Different expectations of authorship and author order were exacerbated by a lack of awareness of existing guidelines, varying authorship practices across disciplines, poorly defined roles and inadequate communication (Ulrich et al., ). Power and seniority differentials in author groups have also been identified as challenges when sharing authorship (Shellenbarger & Robb, ; Street et al., ; Ulrich et al., ).…”

“…Different expectations of authorship and author order were exacerbated by a lack of awareness of existing guidelines, varying authorship practices across disciplines, poorly defined roles and inadequate communication (Ulrich et al., ). Power and seniority differentials in author groups have also been identified as challenges when sharing authorship (Shellenbarger & Robb, ; Street et al., ; Ulrich et al., ). Given that decision‐making with respect to authorship is often ad hoc (Street et al., ), there is an imperative to discuss and agree on each individual's role, contribution and author attribution, in writing prior to commencing the project (Conn et al., ; Keen, ; Kornhaber et al., ; Price, ; Ray‐Barruel, ).…”