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New Policy Aims to Help Transgender Researchers Update Names on Old Work
Source: New York Times
New Policy Aims to Help Transgender Researchers Update Names on Old Work
A group of laboratories and scientific journals is trying to simplify the process of attaching authors’ new names to their previously published papers.
By Jacey Fortin
July 28, 2021
Published papers are an important part of a researcher’s résumé. But for those who change their names partway through their careers, the disconnect between the old name and the new can lead to serious problems.
It is a hurdle for transgender scientists in particular, many of whom say that it is not only inaccurate when publishers fail to update their names on past work, but also hurtful and discriminatory.
On Wednesday, a group of laboratories and major scientific publishers announced an agreement that aims to simplify the process of applying new names to old papers, essentially by shifting much of the administrative labor from the researcher to the laboratory.
“This change eliminates an enormous burden on researchers, emotionally and administratively, to correct the record,” Lady Idos, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which spearheaded the agreement, said in a statement.
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A group of laboratories and scientific journals is trying to simplify the process of attaching authors’ new names to their previously published papers.
By Jacey Fortin
July 28, 2021
Published papers are an important part of a researcher’s résumé. But for those who change their names partway through their careers, the disconnect between the old name and the new can lead to serious problems.
It is a hurdle for transgender scientists in particular, many of whom say that it is not only inaccurate when publishers fail to update their names on past work, but also hurtful and discriminatory.
On Wednesday, a group of laboratories and major scientific publishers announced an agreement that aims to simplify the process of applying new names to old papers, essentially by shifting much of the administrative labor from the researcher to the laboratory.
“This change eliminates an enormous burden on researchers, emotionally and administratively, to correct the record,” Lady Idos, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which spearheaded the agreement, said in a statement.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/science/published-research-name-change-transgender.html
