When should I expect a mention in a published paper?

[docforsure]

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Okay so last summer, I was signed on to help spearhead a research project here. When I arrived on the first day, I learned that they hadn't yet cleared the ethics board so this ate into a lot of time. In any case, meanwhile, I worked on getting all the logistics of everything set up and in the last few weeks of summer, once we got the green light to begin, I started the patient recruitment etc...

Then MS2 started and I couldn't really do anything else with that project. The rest of the work was done by residents at the hospital or perhaps some undergrad who may have started after I left.

Recently, I got an email from the PI which was addressed to a bunch of people who had some role with the project saying the project had been completed and they will be submitted for publication soon.

My question is, is it acceptable for me to try and see if I can get some sort of acknowledgement for whatever work I did? I could maybe offer a few hours of contribution if there's anything else that needs help but I'm doing rotations now and don't really have time to do anything significant.

 

[marke]

hm... i think it doesn't hurt to try.. but just make sure you don't come off as demanding etc

how many other people were the email sent to?

if there were like 20 people then i don't think it's possible for the PI to acknowledge all of you .. but if it's just 5 or so, then maybe

to be honest with you.. being in the acknowledge section of a paper doesn't really pull that much weight.. but i do understand it's important to be recognized

regardless of being on the paper or not, you can always put this research experience on your resume/ cv/ eras etc and will show that you at least tried and put in an effort to do research

good luck!

-marke