How much difference does it make if your publications have a co-author?
I just finished my masters program and my dissertation supervisor said I can probably get my dissertation published and I have the option of doing it all myself or having her help me with the rewriting and submitting and getting a co-author credit.
I would much rather do the latter but I’m wondering if universities in Japan would look less favorably on something that I published with someone else.
by LordPounce
4 comments
Definitely holds more weight if it’s only your name on the paper.
Depends on the discipline, probably. If you read scholarly articles where there are usually only one author, then solo-publishing should be the goal. If papers normally have co-authors, then co-authoring is fine.
Usually counts as a 1/2 publication, 3/4 if your name comes first. I’m sure different universities have different rules.
First pub, I’d definitely consider working with them. You’ll learn a lot and have that networking effect if they’re a relatively known name in the field.
As someone else mentioned single-authored papers hold a little more value when job searching but I don’t think enough to mind for one publication. Just make sure you are first author.
I want to understand what you mean by co-author credit. Whether you are first author or second author has a lot of ethical and professional implications for that paper. You mean the supervisor will get co-author credit (2nd author)?