Timeline for answer to My thesis supervisor published a paper from my MA thesis with herself as first author without my consent by sErISaNo
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| Feb 24, 2025 at 11:44 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @MisterMiyagi There is also no indication that the supervisor wrote a paper based on the thesis, rather than just publishing it verbatim. The question is sorely lacking in detail. | |
| Feb 24, 2025 at 7:04 | comment | added | sErISaNo | @Yakk Laws (and enforcement) vary. I really don't know how this would interact with copyright law, but I would think it would not be so straightforward. Based on my experience with how labs/universities operate, there is very little chance that this isn't covered by some policy or agreement protecting the parent institution (and probably by extension the advisor). Even if it isn't, this is not an obvious case of copyright infringement. It sounds like this is a completely new paper (based on the thesis) that the OP had no hand in writing. | |
| Feb 24, 2025 at 4:59 | comment | added | MisterMiyagi | @Yakk There is no indication the supervisor claims to be the author of the OP's thesis. Unless the thesis had a peculiar format to begin with, the supervisor did write a paper out of it which is a separate work with separate authorship. | |
| Feb 24, 2025 at 1:49 | comment | added | user71659 | @Yakk Depends where. Many places, the copyright is with the institution, thus no infringement has occurred. | |
| Feb 24, 2025 at 0:35 | comment | added | Yakk | Copyright violation is illegal in most jurisdictions. The advisor copied the work without the owner of the copyright's consent. Even if they have a license, in may areas claiming to be the author would be an additional violation. | |
| Feb 22, 2025 at 6:00 | history | answered | sErISaNo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |