Co-authorship | Addressing Bias

Addressing Bias: Rights, Responsibilities and Responses

I wrote a paper based on a study I did with one of my professors and she edited it, then put herself as first author. Probably 90% of the words are mine, but I wouldn't have been able to write it if I wasn't part of her team.

We have a policy about this and it can be found here: IP02 – Co-Authorship of Scholarly Reports, Papers and Publications: https://policy.psu.edu/policies/ac47

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Probably not. If you can provide evidence of your authorship, and you try and fail to work out an agreement with your co-author, and you believe she is not following the policies on authorship above, then the first thing you should do is contact your college's Dean's office.

I wrote a paper based on a study I did with one of my professors and she edited it, then put herself as first author. Probably 90% of the words are mine, but I wouldn't have been able to write it if I wasn't part of her team.

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