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yet another question for the academics...

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hatwoman · 13/06/2007 12:07

me again. sorry all. I have written an article that I want to send to a journal for publication. I did this independently of work but it is connected to my work. my boss has asked me if I want to publish it with an institutional affilation. I am a bit reluctant. My prefered approach would be to use my job title and organisation with a note saying that the article is written in a personal capacity and does not reflect the views of my organisation. I would also mention some other work I do for an other institution. this is reasonably standard in my line of work.

my boss's way would be to just mention my main job and do away with the qualifying bit. If he puts his mind to it he might decide that he can;t let me do my preferred option - which would leave me omitting any mention of my job at all (which is with a very well-respected organisation in the field)

so I might be faced with one of two choices

name plus affiliation plus extra work (p-t lecturing) plus get out clause or just name plus affiliation

but if my boss is awkward the choice might be name plus affilation or just name plus p-t lecturing.

In either of these two choices which one is best, from a purely selfish career pov? On the one hand being able to publish in my organisation's name might look good. on the other hand I didn;t bloody well get paid for a single minute of the time I spent on it so I;d like it to be all mine!

any advice?

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lljkk · 13/06/2007 19:44

Academics routinely publish papers that took unpaid time to write (and research). I think you have to put your institution on the article in some way, it also puts your expertise into context for the readers and editors, too.

The article may help your institution's next RAE, but it will help your CV much more in the long run, so a small concession to make to put affiliation on it.

hatwoman · 13/06/2007 19:53

sorry - I might have given you the wrong end of the stick - my institution isn't an academic one. In my area authors get a short description and for those of us who aren;t academics it usually consists of job title, plus organisation, plus the thing about it being in a personal capacity.

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lljkk · 13/06/2007 20:03

Sorry -- you said you would be down as p/t lecturer...?

If it would make your boss happy for you to put down affiliation, why is that so bad? Surely it's a good thing to butter up your boss?

hatwoman · 13/06/2007 20:26

no the p-t lecturing is my other job!

so my ideal would be
"hatwoman is a roadsweeper with Roadsweeping Is Us. She lectures in roadsweeping for London College of RoadSweepers. This article is written in a personal capacity"

what my boss has in mind is "Hatwoman is a roadsweeper with Roadsweeping is us"

(this is the first choice in my op! complicated, arn't I? )

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lljkk · 14/06/2007 10:46

Ah, I get it. I think your version makes much more sense, then!

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