Technical staff at the College are a key part of our research teams and make a vital contribution to supporting and enabling our research. Imperial supports technical staff contributions being recognised in research publications through acknowledgement or authorship where appropriate. Imperial has an authorship policy as part of our commitment to research integrity, and the principles of authorship are well-defined. We have developed new resources for technical staff on authorship, acknowledgement, and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria, which are used by most journals. Where contributions to the creation or publication of research do not meet the ICMJE criteria, we encourage lead authors to use the acknowledgement section to recognise the work of technical colleagues or teams formally. 

Professor Mary Ryan
Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise)