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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2017.34.2.007

Do Korean Universities Consider Alphabetical Authorship in Economics in Faculty Research Evaluation?  

Lee, Jongwook (공주대학교 사범대학 문헌정보교육과)
Suh, Hyunduk (인하대학교 경제학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.34, no.2, 2017 , pp. 7-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
There has been growing interest in the methods for measuring the credits of individual authors in multi-authored research papers in response to the increase of research collaboration. Having a good understanding for academic norms of individual discipline is essential to measure author credit effectively. However, many Korean universities do not consider different norms for determining the order of authors across disciplines. Rather, they tend to use a standardized method to assess the credits of authors in multi-authored papers. Therefore, this study presented some problems of applying a standardized method to measure author credits in multi-authored papers in economics. The findings of this study confirmed the frequent use of alphabetical author order in economics papers; however, many university guidelines for research evaluation do not take account the alphabetical authorship in measuring the credits of authors. The authors suggest the needs for (1) establishment of a clear definition for primary authors, (2) flexibility in assessment methods for author credit, and (3) empirical research on author credit.
Keywords
research evaluation; co-authorship; economics; alphabetical order; credit;
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