Access

News

Nature 440, 591-592 (30 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440591a; Published online 29 March 2006

Open Innovation Challenges

naturejobs

  • Head, Protein Production Unit

    • The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
    • Copenhagen 2200 Denmark

  • Director

    • The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
    • Bethesda, MD
More science jobs
Post a job for free

Special Report Credit where credit's due

Top

Disputes over who truly deserves the credit — or blame — for published work can result in bruised egos, damaged careers and court cases. Helen Pearson looks at ways to avoid fights over authorship.

A flurry of squabbles about high-profile biological research is prompting scientists to revisit a perennially touchy subject: how should credit for scientific findings be assigned?In recent months, a panel on research integrity at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, scolded cloning expert Gerald Schatten for his limited contribution to papers he co-authored with a South Korean team.

Apache Tomcat/5.0.7 - Error report

HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception 

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception

root cause 

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Tomcat logs.

Apache Tomcat/5.0.7