Understanding Authorship in Academic Publishing

All team members viewed authorship as valuable for career advancement and meeting performance goals.

Authorship was seen as especially important for early career researchers to gain experience and recognition.

Taking on first and senior authorship roles was not important during manuscript development.

For some team members, authorship was an explicit expectation of their institutional role.

All team members acknowledged the value of being included as authors, even if not expected institutionally.

Authorship expectations were recognized to differ based on discipline, career stage, role, and institution.