authorship

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The Council of Science Editors’ recommendations on publication ethics say ghost authorship is “ethically unacceptable” because it misleads readers about potential conflicts of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

But the use of AI in cinema has prompted thorny legal questions over intellectual property and the very notion of authorship, at a time when legislation is only just beginning to grapple with the subject.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Higher education institutions run essays through programmes such as Turnitin, which are designed to detect plagiarism and false authorship.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

She argues that the abstract symbols marked workshop identity rather than individual authorship.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

His lasting fame, indeed immortality, derived from his authorship of the Declaration of Independence in June of 1776, but few Americans knew about that role in 1790.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis