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Nature 452, 530 (3 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/452530d; Published online 2 April 2008

Give south Indian authors their true names

Nalini Puniamoorthy1, Jeevananthinee Jeevanandam1 & Sujatha Narayanan Kutty1

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore

Your recent News Feature 'Identity crisis' (Nature 451, 766–767; 2008) reveals that many Chinese, Japanese and Korean researchers do not receive due credit for their work, owing to inconsistent abbreviation practices and journal requirements regarding names. Many other Asian scientists face similar problems.