Publication affiliation?

Summary:

Second 9-month Lecturer contract at an elite SLAC - should I publish with them as my institutional affiliation?

Publication affiliation?

BDR PhD 27 Apr 2017 00:50

Here's an interesting question:

I struck out on the job market this year (boohoo, I certainly wasn't the only one), but I'm lucky enough to have been renewed for the second time as a 9-month Lecturer at an elite SLAC. As I continue to put out papers, I am wondering whether I should list this as my institutional affiliation? I do not technically "do" any research at the elite SLAC — most of my data come from MTurk, but I occasionally collect data from my students here. The other possibility would be to list my PhD-granting institution, where I am co-director of a lab, but have no other affiliation.

Any thoughts? Potential downsides of listing this as my affiliation? Thanks!

Re: Publication affiliation?

juniorfaculty 27 Apr 2017 01:40

I imagine you could list either or both institutions and it shouldn't matter. If it were me I'd probably do the elite SLAC or both institutions.

And better luck on the market next year!

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Re: Publication affiliation?

Happy in the UK 27 Apr 2017 06:58

Of course you should list the SLAC institution. This your current job and affiliation. If you get a job next year in another institute and some of the paper are accepted but not published yet, you could change your affiliation to the new institute.

Re: Publication affiliation?

DocJ 27 Apr 2017 12:25

The institutional affiliation technically provides contact information for the authors. I've usually included my most recent institution with each publication with little downside. Listing your current SLAC as an affiliation can send a subtle signal that you've enjoyed independent research progress as your career as progressed. Keeping your PhD granting institution as your primary affiliation may imply that you're still tied to your graduate advisor's lab and are not yet developing your own research program. Now, having first author papers and papers without your graduate advisor as a co-author will better signal an independent research program, of course.

I hope this helps. Anecdotally, this was a fairly tough job market from what colleagues on search committees have told me. The applicant pools for even non-elite SLACs/R1s were full of strong candidates.