The question of what to do in the case of an author passing away during the research work or publication process arises on the condition that the person has made a scientifically relevant contribution by the time of their death that entitles them to authorship under the applicable authorship standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the perspective of good research practice, it is desirable for the contribution of the deceased author to be appropriately acknowledged in accordance with the applicable criteria for authorship and for co-authors to be able to publish the research data and results achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of publication, the following questions in particular arise for all those involved (potentially including the co-authors, the publisher, possibly the university of the deceased academic and the surviving relatives):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How these questions are dealt with in detail depends, among other things, on the time of the person\u2019s death in relation to the status of the publication project, as well as the role the deceased person was to play in the planned publication project. Some notes and recommendations on how to deal with these issues are provided in the AMA Manual of Style, for example: Guide for Authors and Editors (11th edition)*<\/sup> sand a case study**<\/sup> discussed in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For reasons of transparency, a statement should be included in the publication (e.g. in the note on the authors and their affiliations, in the \u201cAcknowledgements\u201d section or in further article information) indicating the death of a person involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question of author ranking should be decided in the light of the specific case and depending on the stage of work reached at the time of death. It is advisable to seek the advice of an ombudsperson before deciding not to list a person who died during the publication process as an author.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHandling the issue of authorship:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
In the situation where a person entitled to authorship dies during the publication process, the AMA Manual of Style recommends that a family member, an authorised person or the corresponding author confirm to the publication body that the deceased person should be listed as the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDeclarations to the organ of publication:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Many publications expect authors to declare possible conflicts of interest prior to publication, e.g. to exclude the possibility that third parties may have influenced the results of the study. In the case of a deceased author, it seems advisable \u2013 following the case study**<\/sup>\u00a0discussed in the Committee on Publication Ethics forum \u2013 to ask the relatives to review and sign the conflict of interest statement and to discuss further modalities with the editors.<\/p>\n\n\n
The question of what to do in the case of an author passing away during the research work or publication process arises on the condition that the person has made a scientifically relevant contribution by the time of their death that entitles them to authorship under the applicable authorship standards. From the perspective of good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","kommentar_cats":[257],"kommentar_tags":[177,236],"class_list":["post-8153","kommentare","type-kommentare","status-publish","hentry","kommentar_cats-general","kommentar_tags-authorship","kommentar_tags-publication"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n