Difference: PublicationPolicy (1 vs. 8)

1. Purpose

• To ensure the timely dissemination of GROWTH discoveries to the broader scientific community
• To ensure that members receive credit for their contributions to GROWTH
• To promote the open exchange of ideas and foster collaboration among GROWTH members
• To increase awareness among members of projects and publications within GROWTH
• To ensure effective communication of GROWTH science to the general public in order to increase scientific literacy and engagement with science.

2. Oversight

3. Coverage of Policy

This policy applies to all members in GROWTH as defined by the membership policy and all “GROWTH publications”. The latter are defined as:

• Publications using data taken on any subset of the GROWTH telescope network
• Publications where authors have directly been funded by GROWTH
• Publications which are the result of direct collaboration among GROWTH partners
• Non-scientific GROWTH publications (press releases, news stories, interviews, blogs, etc)

4. Authorship

• Data: The PI of the observing program used to collect the data and the person doing the data reduction analysis should be invited as co-authors. Observers should be acknowledged.
• Discovery of Transients: If the discovery stream is iPTF/ZTF, then the corresponding builders list should be invited to the paper
• Analysis: If detailed analysis and/or valuable discussions help strengthen the paper, the lead author of the paper may invite additional co-authors

5. Conferences and Presentations

6. Circulation & Submission

7. Acknowledgements

The following acknowledgement statements must be added to all GROWTH online or printed publications. All member of the GROWTH team should ensure that the appropriate acknowledgement features in their published work.

(1) Acknowledgement in scientific publications

(1.1) Short acknowledgement statement (must be used in all scientific articles or papers appearing in scientific, technical or professional journals)

"This work was supported by the GROWTH project funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No 1545949."

(1.2) Long acknowledgement statement (optional) (can be used in all scientific articles or papers appearing in scientific, technical or professional journals instead of the short statement)

"This work was supported by the GROWTH project funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No 1545949. GROWTH is a collaborative project between California Institute of Technology (USA), Pomona College (USA), San Diego State University (USA), Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), University of Maryland College Park (USA), University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (USA), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), National Central University (Taiwan), Indian Institute of Astrophysics (India), Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (India), Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), The Oskar Klein Centre at Stockholm University (Sweden), Humboldt University (Germany)"

(1.3) Important Note: When the published work is entirely or partly conducted by GROWTH team members from Japan, India and Taiwan or it uses data obtained by one or more of the GROWTH facilities in these countries, the following acknowledgement statements should be added to the short and long statement listed above:

Japan: The author(s) also acknowledge the support of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Taiwan: The author(s) also acknowledge the support of the Ministry of Science & Technology, Taiwan under Grant 104-2923-M-008-004-MY5. India: The author(s) also acknowledge the support of the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, India.

(2) Acknowledgement in non-scientific publications Note that except for articles or papers published in scientific, technical or professional journals, the following disclaimer must be included in all publication (including World Wide Web pages):

"Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."

NSF support also must be orally acknowledged during all news media interviews, including popular media such as radio, television and news magazines.

(3) Boilerplate text (to be used in non-scientific publications like press releases, interviews, featured stories, etc)

“GROWTH is a collaborative project in astronomy set out to explore cosmic transients - energetic flashes of light that are millions to billions of times the brightness of the sun caused by exotic cosmic events like explosive deaths of massive stars, white dwarf detonations, exotic neutron star or black hole mergers. Led by Caltech, twelve partner institutions from around the world have created a collaborative network of observatories to effectively beat sunrise and keep our "eyes" fixed on these short-lived cosmic events by switching observations from one location to the next as the earth rotates. These extended initial observations in the first 24 hours after a cosmic transient is detected will help us localize the primary source of gravitational wave, identify the long sought cosmic location of heavy element production, track and analyze small near-earth asteroids and much more. GROWTH is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and national funding provided by partner institutions in Japan, Taiwan and India under the PIRE program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.”

8. Non-scientific publications, news & press releases, interviews, blogs, etc

GROWTH is committed to communicating its scientific results to a wide range of audiences and the public at large. A well established mechanism of doing so includes press releases and news stories posted publicly on our website and shared on social media. Most publication are worthy of a news story. Therefore, if GROWTH members are interested in having their publication covered as a news story and potentially being picked up by larger media outlets, they need to inform and share their draft with the Program Coordinator at least one week BEFORE the publication is submitted to the public ArXiv.org. Press releases report or significant results and discoveries and are usually issued by a partner institution or our funding agency NSF. If members’ publication reports on significant advances in any GROWTH-related science field, they shall inform and share a draft with the Program Coordinator at least 2 weeks prior to submission. The Program Coordinator will work with the lead author(s) to draft a press release and pitch it to the appropriate larger organization.

If a GROWTH member is contacted by any media representative for expert opinions and quote, interviews, or participation in podcast or other multimedia platforms, the member shall contact the Program Coordinator who must be aware of any appearance of GROWTH in local, national or international media. If a GROWTH members has or begins a personal blog, they shall inform the Program Coordinator as well.

-- IvaKostadinova - 19 Oct 2016