I do it on occasion. We have different last names so not so obvious to all.
Spouses as co-authors
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Why would someone mainly coauthor with his/her spouse? It does not look very good on the couple's profiles. A conflict of interest may arise if there are other coauthors in the team?
In fact, I can't think of a better situation to Honestly think through a subject with your co-author. Today, that paper mills are destroying the reputation of so many who are obviously gaming the system, having the great chance to find your intellectual peer in your wife is a luxury. Good for those rare OPs!
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We have a married coauthor pair in our department and I love it. Great output, they complement well, and it has raised the reputation of our school. The only one who has a problem is a jealous colleague who hasn't published anything in two or three years. And no one cares about what he thinks.
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I would avoid coauthoring a paper with a couple.
I would even avoid working with either member of the couple. —you think you’re writing with one of them. No, you’re actually writing with both of them.
I would particularly avoid writing with the dominated of the two.
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A worse scenario could be you thought you were going to write with one of them, and later he/she brings the other one on board.
I would avoid coauthoring a paper with a couple.
I would even avoid working with either member of the couple. —you think you’re writing with one of them. No, you’re actually writing with both of them.
I would particularly avoid writing with the dominated of the two. -
Are you me?
A worse scenario could be you thought you were going to write with one of them, and later he/she brings the other one on board.
I would avoid coauthoring a paper with a couple.
I would even avoid working with either member of the couple. —you think you’re writing with one of them. No, you’re actually writing with both of them.
I would particularly avoid writing with the dominated of the two.
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I love coauthoring with my spouse. I would have had only 5 top publications without my spouse. They bring their coauthors on board, I bring mine, we are 3-4 coauthors always (2 of us and the coauthors) and now I have 9 top publications.
- Chicago Full Prof, (spouse Harvard prof, slightly ahead of me)Chicago fraud
Paper mill: what is it and why is it wrong?
https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/paper-mill-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-wrong -
Reading this thread you can see how unethical behaviour is structurally facilitated through coauthoring with a spouse. There may be huge synergies for the couple, but there could be negative externalities for others.
Just the opposite. If co-authoring is going to happen (and there are legit reasons for it), writing with your significant one maximizes the chances that true synergy will drive your research, instead of the opportunism that seeks to maximize output only. The problem with output maximization is that research is beyond the point. Bean-counting becomes your only goal. Writing with your spouse will hardly maximize output per se.
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Reading this thread you can see how unethical behaviour is structurally facilitated through coauthoring with a spouse. There may be huge synergies for the couple, but there could be negative externalities for others.
Just the opposite. If co-authoring is going to happen (and there are legit reasons for it), writing with your significant one maximizes the chances that true synergy will drive your research, instead of the opportunism that seeks to maximize output only. The problem with output maximization is that research is beyond the point. Bean-counting becomes your only goal. Writing with your spouse will hardly maximize output per se.
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Even if output is not maximized, they can maximize their paychecks without increasing output per se.
Reading this thread you can see how unethical behaviour is structurally facilitated through coauthoring with a spouse. There may be huge synergies for the couple, but there could be negative externalities for others.
Just the opposite. If co-authoring is going to happen (and there are legit reasons for it), writing with your significant one maximizes the chances that true synergy will drive your research, instead of the opportunism that seeks to maximize output only. The problem with output maximization is that research is beyond the point. Bean-counting becomes your only goal. Writing with your spouse will hardly maximize output per se.
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How if your publication count won't increase? If anything, researching with your spouse leads to good science but it's bad business.
Even if output is not maximized, they can maximize their paychecks without increasing output per se.
Reading this thread you can see how unethical behaviour is structurally facilitated through coauthoring with a spouse. There may be huge synergies for the couple, but there could be negative externalities for others.
Just the opposite. If co-authoring is going to happen (and there are legit reasons for it), writing with your significant one maximizes the chances that true synergy will drive your research, instead of the opportunism that seeks to maximize output only. The problem with output maximization is that research is beyond the point. Bean-counting becomes your only goal. Writing with your spouse will hardly maximize output per se.