Text to Add to Every Publication
“This work was partially supported by NASA through the Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute, a NASA Space Technology Research Institute, grant number 80NSSC21K1118.”
• Paper leads must communicate openly and responsively about ideas developed under the institute using the Intent to Publish document.
• Authorship is not automatic. Co-authors must make a contribution consistent with the agreed upon requirements for authorship.
• Any team member has the right to request to be included on a paper if they feel they have made a substantive contribution. The level of contribution must be consistent with the agreed upon requirements for authorship. If disputes arise, prospective co-authors can ask for mediation from the institute director. • Any team member has the right to refuse to be included on a paper.
• Graduate students, post-docs, and junior team members have the right to lead papers • All co-authors must agree to the paper timeline laid out by lead-author.
• The lead author has the right to remove co-authors who do not satisfy agreed upon requirements for an authorship. If disputes arise, authors can ask for mediation from the institute director.
• Authors of a prospective paper should discuss and agree upon a tentative order of authors before writing the manuscript. It is understood that this order may change in the course of preparing the manuscript. As a default for Co-I led papers, it is assumed that authorship will be in the order of degree of contribution. As a default for student led papers, it is assumed that the last authorship will be reserved for the student’s advisor.
• It is expected that during the course of the institute, a Co-I’s student may produce publishable results during a project conducted at a partner institution under another Co-I’s direction. The student and Co-Is should discuss and agree upon expectations for authorship credit of publishable results before the work is started.
• Manuscripts prepared under this institute must acknowledge JANUS and the NASA Space Technology Research Institute program.
• Lead authors and responsible supervisors are responsible for ensuring ITAR compliance of any published work.
• When possible, authors are expected to indicate in the article where the presented data or analysis can be found.
When determining the credit for a piece of work, authors should ensure that all those who have made a significant contribution are cited as co-authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the study in a lesser capacity should be acknowledged, but not cited as authors. An author is someone who has made a significant intellectual contribution to the article, this can include but is not limited to:
• Background theory
• Design of experiment
• Implementation of model or code
• Device prototype • Data analysis and interpretation
• Writing of the article or reviewing and/or revising the text and/or figures
