Publications with XAS

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Last updated: Dec 07, 2022
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We rely on you to update your publications with Australian Synchrotron data in the User Portal: https://www.ansto.gov.au/research/publications/synchrotron-publications

Search for Australian Synchrotron publications in our database here: https://www.ansto.gov.au/research/publications/ansto-publications-online

The beamline team are always happy to support users through to the publication of their work. Please consider the form you would like this collaboration to take, bearing in mind the contribution of your beamline scientist. Please note:

  • Beamline staff are Scientists. When they make an intellectual and/or experimental contribution to a publication they deserve to be recognised just as any other co-author would be.

  • National facilities are not just instruments provided in a room; they are populated by highly-skilled and experienced individuals who make complex experiments possible, even ahead of beamtime (not only during beamtime), and provide essential support in very specialised technologies, often with an intellectual contribution to the project. Proper acknowledgment of facilities enables them to obtain financial support.

  • Beamline staff should have the opportunity to participate in drafting the pertinent part of the paper, and give final approval to the wording and conclusions drawn before publication, as any other contributing co-author would. This will also ensure data misinterpretation is avoided and more information on your samples through advanced analysis may be obtained.

We risk widening the gap between academic and beamline staff if prior practices and non-acknowledgement is allowed to continue.

The research community as a whole, academic and technical alike, should work towards the mutual goal of research excellence across the sector.

In addition to possible co-authorship, always use the following phrase in the acknowledgement section of a publication:

Part of this work was carried out on the X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, part of ANSTO.

 

Thanks to Natasha Stephen, University of Plymouth, for developing the policy documentation on which the above is based