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Ok, so I work in a lab at one of the local medical schools. Really, it's more accurate to say that I am "affiliated" with a lab at one of the local medical schools. I volunteer, so I'm not paid.
Nevertheless, I do a ton of work. I'm working on two gigantic projects simultaneously. And by "working" I mean that I designed the databases (excel) from the ground up by myself, did all the data entry, and did all the statistical analysis by myself. On one of the projects, I even did virtually all the data collection by myself as well. I'd say I've put in 30 hours on one, and 80 hours on the other, all told, in a period of under two weeks--for several days I virtually worked around the clock.
My question is, should I expect to get authorship for this? I'm not saying first, or even second author--but should I expect to get anything? I mean, I DID do virtually all of the work and to be perfectly honest, and I don't mean to sound arrogant, but both projects are excellent and my PI was very impressed. My PI is a research fellow (a resident) and she lives in the publish or perish world of research; I don't even mind if she takes full credit for everything, I just feel like I should get some authorship credit in the final publication. Am I being unreasonable? I know people at school that get published for doing something minor on a project, like staining slides.
My PI did mention, when she interviewed us (research assistants) to work with her, that she would include us on anything that we did a significant amount of the work on. It's just that she hasn't told me yet, and I'm getting anxious. Also, if I'm not being unreasonable, what would be a tactful way of going about asking to have my name included?
Nevertheless, I do a ton of work. I'm working on two gigantic projects simultaneously. And by "working" I mean that I designed the databases (excel) from the ground up by myself, did all the data entry, and did all the statistical analysis by myself. On one of the projects, I even did virtually all the data collection by myself as well. I'd say I've put in 30 hours on one, and 80 hours on the other, all told, in a period of under two weeks--for several days I virtually worked around the clock.
My question is, should I expect to get authorship for this? I'm not saying first, or even second author--but should I expect to get anything? I mean, I DID do virtually all of the work and to be perfectly honest, and I don't mean to sound arrogant, but both projects are excellent and my PI was very impressed. My PI is a research fellow (a resident) and she lives in the publish or perish world of research; I don't even mind if she takes full credit for everything, I just feel like I should get some authorship credit in the final publication. Am I being unreasonable? I know people at school that get published for doing something minor on a project, like staining slides.
My PI did mention, when she interviewed us (research assistants) to work with her, that she would include us on anything that we did a significant amount of the work on. It's just that she hasn't told me yet, and I'm getting anxious. Also, if I'm not being unreasonable, what would be a tactful way of going about asking to have my name included?