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The conundrums of academic co-authorship: cats, credit and croquet

The conundrums of academic co-authorship: cats, credit and croquet

Choosing your co-authors is not dissimilar to choosing a life partner (except you can always change your partner, but once your names are together on a paper, there’s no taking it back). Generally, academics team up with close colleagues or others from their field, but the literature also evidences some unexpected collaborations. David Manuwal, an […] … learn more→

Confronting the suspicion (and misconceptions) of co-authorship

Confronting the suspicion (and misconceptions) of co-authorship

Our writing partnership in philosophy began in 2007, when Anjum arrived at Nottingham as a postdoctoral fellow. Since then, we have written three books and about 40 papers together, which seems rare, especially in philosophy. We think it’s time to issue a statement about our writing partnership, for at least four reasons. First, we want […] … learn more→