honorary co-authorship

A practice in which senior researchers are listed as co-authors—despite having had little to do with the work involved in publishing original research reports—on research reports that are the works of others,e.g., undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows working in their lab

honorary co-authorship

Spurious co-authorship A practice in which the name of senior researchers are added to research reports that are the work of others–eg, undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows working in their lab. See Authorship, Baltimore affair, CV-weighing, Darsee affair.