The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) launched the Authorship Guidelines for Scientific Work on March 12, 2025. The manual aims to establish transparency, credit attribution, and accountability in scholarly work. 

In particular, the manual addresses the following questions faced by researchers: What constitutes a substantial contribution to warrant authorship? Is offering authorship to department chairs or senior faculty ethical? Can an advisor claim first authorship on a student’s thesis publication? What distinguishes authors from contributors and those acknowledged? How should authorship disputes be resolved? Can artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, be listed as an author? 

The Authorship Guidelines for Scientific Work was edited by Dr. Edward Wang, Dr. Jean Anne Toral, Rufus Thomas Adducul, and Dr. Jacinto Blas Mantaring III, and was evaluated by Prof. Daniel Barr, Principal Research Integrity Advisor at RMIT University, Australia. It was developed with inputs from Focus Group Discussions that included perspectives from undergraduate and postgraduate students, Philippine General Hospital (PGH) trainees, Research Extension Professional Staff (REPS), and faculty members.#

Text by: Jennifer F. Manongdo
Photo by: Sarah Hazel Moces S. Palumbarit