Authorship

The purpose of the Authorship Guidelines is to acknowledge that obtaining human tissue and clinical follow-up data for research requires a great deal of effort from many individuals, including surgeons, pathologists, medical oncologists, researchers, fellows and nurses. We encourage collaborative research between clinicians and scientists.

1. For all projects: A member of the tumor bank will be included early in the development of the study. Authorship will reflect their involvement.
2. For clinical correlative studies: One or more gynecologic oncologists or gynecologic medical oncologists should be included as collaborators.
3. Co-authors will 
   1. participate in planning the objectives and design of the study,
   2. make a major contribution to tissue acquisition or pathological review,
   3. co-write or revise the manuscript, and 
   4. approve the final manuscript.

For authorship on papers involving the tumor bank or tissue-based research, the following criteria should be met:

• Participation in the planning of the objectives and design of the study
• Major contributor to the project either by tissue acquisition or pathological review
• Co-writing or revision process of the manuscript
• Approval of the final manuscript