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Does it happen? Is what these women faculty describe true? For those of you who have served on faculty/post-doc selection committees, have you seen the evaluations of comparative candidates dif …

The content of those meetings is largely going to be the answer to your question, and we can't really know the content of those meetings. There's a case to be made that those discussions helped form t …

Is there a general obligation to make sure your papers are in the authorship order for your field: I think there is an obligation to abide by the norms of your field - while there is some give and take … if you're publishing outside your field (for example, some biomedical researchers and some CS researchers working together) that might mean that some of your work uses a different authorship scheme, in …

For example, in my field it is routine to have very large authorship lists. … going to stick to, come hell or high water, and they don't think you qualify "Stretching" to include you would also necessitate the inclusion of a large number of other people whose qualification for authorship …

What are your analyses of this incident (especially how would it affect my contributions to the work if it is perceived as being part my advisor's project, while it is not)? The major impact …

In this case, I think whether or not to include them as an author comes down to the authorship criteria of the paper - i.e. did they make substantial contributions to the work, etc. … It's a bad idea to use authorship as a reward, and it's a similarly bad idea to use authorship as a punishment. It shouldn't carry moral weight. …

Indeed, doing so violates a large number of authorship guidelines. I'd also like to contest one of your cons: "More authors means less credit for the work per author." …

I've very rarely encountered a journal or editor that was okay with major changes in authorship after a revision, and expecially rare one that is alright with the removal of an author. …

First, the conventional view of authorship positions": First author: The person who did most of the work Last author: The senior author on the paper. … Both of these are relatively prestigious positions in terms of authorship, so putting her last isn't a negative drain on her career. …

Due to time constraints I would not be able to do this on my own so I do not have many alternatives, how should I proceed? As the comments note, you have essentially answered your own question - …

In principle, no. In actuality? It likely does, under a couple of different mechanisms: An editor might be slightly more likely to give your paper the "benefit of the doubt" if its a borderline cas …

My thoughts: Authorship: This is probably the most problematic one, as it seems unlikely that this was entirely written by the President, especially given the acknowledgements. …

In fields where first authorship carries weight, some people "don't believe" in co-firsts. …

At present, I don't think merely having a helpful suggestion, even if it launches a fairly significant line of inquiry, merits a paper authorship. …

It just doubles down on the absurdity, further muddies the concept of authorship, and is essentially indefensible by any authorship criteria you could come up with. Be the change you want to see. …