Declaration of Co-authorship in Doctoral Dissertations
A student who is not listed as first author of a previously published, jointly written article used as part of his or her dissertation
must submit this form to the LSU Graduate School (gradsvcs@lsu.edu) prior to uploading the dissertation to Digital Commons.
The form, signed by the student’s committee, sets out the amount and character of the student’s contribution to the article. All
forms must be filled in online prior to signing. Handwritten forms are not accepted.
Regarding the following collaborative work or publication (if published, provide authors, title, journal name, edition, year):
which will be included in the following dissertation (provide the title of your dissertation and the chapters or sections which are
co-authored):
What is the degree of __________________________________’s contribution to the publication based on the following scale:
(Name of dissertation author)
A. has contributed to the collaboration (0-33%).
B. has contributed substantially (34-66%).
C. has to a high degree carried out the work independently (67-100%).
Declaration in each element. A, B, or C
1. Formulating the scientific idea based on theoretical assumptions to be clarified,
including formulation of the question to be answered through analytical work and
research plans.
2. Planning of experiments and analyses, design of the experimental methods in a way
that the questions asked under point 1 can be expected to be answered.
3. Invo
lvement in analytical work of all types with
r
espect to
the concret
e experimental
studies and investigations.
4. Presentation, interpretation and discussion of the results.
Committee signatures:
Date Name Title Committee Member Signature
Dissertation author’s signature:
______________________________________________________________ ___________________________
Signature Date
Updated 6/2019
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