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D. Martin wrote:Well, if he did the work, he will be an author. The PI will be unethical if your husband's name is remove from the publication and things would need to be discussed if that is the case.
On the other hand, once he is working in the industry and had acquired "industry skills" (I mean soft and technical skills that he will not get in academia) it will not matter if he is an author or not. getting a new set of skills is more important than an extra paper. In academia it is all about grants and papers, industry is another ball game (IMHO).
Dick Woodward wrote:All of the comments seem to provide excellent advice, although I think that Nate's comment about submitting a manuscript to the journals may be counterproductive - after all, the submission should come from the PI. (I may have misunderstood Nate here - if he is suggesting that your husband prepare the manuscript for submission by the normal channels, Nate is correct.)
D. Martin makes an interesting point - if your husband is named as an inventor on patents, this can be very important in industry. Papers are nice, but patents make money. As a long-time industry person, with all things being equal, my preference would go to the scientist who knows how to invent things that can be patented rather than the scientist who knows how to get stuff published.
One man's opinion...
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