[labnetwork] publication acknowledgements

[Nathanael Sieb]

Hi all,

I have a question for the hive mind about publication acknowledgements.  
As most of you do, at 4D LABS we require our users to include us in the 
acknowledgement section of publications resulting from work in our 
facility.  This is obviously helpful to show our impact but also helps 
us track publications through search terms.  It is also beneficial to 
our staff if they are acknowledged by name, but currently isn't a 
requirement.

However, we don't have an easy way to make sure this is actually done.  
While I'm sure most of our users are great, lately we have been finding 
some papers that left us out.  When asked about it, the responses varied 
from silence, to 'sorry I forgot', to 'I'm paying to access the 
facility'.  I don't have the ability to try to check every paper that 
might be coming out of here.

So I'm curious, how do other labs deal with this?  Do you have any way 
to check or just hope for the best?  Do you send out reminders or just 
have the typical wording included on your websites or forms?  I'm open 
to any feedback you may have.

Thanks,

Nathanael

*Nathanael Sieb *
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