Collaborating on scholarship: Best practices for team research projects
Catherine Sassen, Sian Brannon
Abstract
Collaborating on scholarship has the potential to provide many advantages, including benefiting from others’ expertise, reinforcing accountability, and providing motivation. However, working with others is tricky—consider compatible work habits, receptivity to criticism, and commitment to fulfill responsibilities. Decisions to be made include where to publish, in what order authors’ names will appear, and how the manuscripts will be written. Who will coordinate? Who will write what? Who will revise? Also, consider how to address problems—missed deadlines, less-than-stellar quality, how to say “no” in the future, and more.
Topics & Concepts
ScholarshipPublicationAccountabilityCriticismOrder (exchange)Work (physics)Public relationsQuality (philosophy)Computer scienceEngineering ethicsSociologyPsychologyPolitical scienceEpistemologyBusinessLawEngineeringMechanical engineeringPhilosophyFinanceDoctoral Education Challenges and SolutionsEvaluation of Teaching Practicesscientometrics and bibliometrics research