Authorship Policy

All numbered Extension educational publications (PBs, SPs and Ws) should have an author's name listed prominently in the publication, either on the inside cover or within the first pages of text. If more than one person authored the material, the senior author should be listed first, others following, grouped by departments if possible.

For new publications, the current author(s) should be listed.

For reprints,the following categories apply:

• If the author is still on staff, no changes.


• If the author has recently left or retired, the author's name will continue to be used until the material is revised.

For revisions, the following categories apply:

• If the author has left or retired, the faculty member replacing the author can review the existing material and revise it. If the revision is minor, both the previous author and the new faculty member revising the material will be listed as authors.


• If the changes are major, the faculty member(s) who are revising the material will be listed as author(s) (not the original author). The original author will be acknowledged separately on the inside front cover or other appropriate position. A major revision also requires additional review by a new reading committee.


• A determination of whether revisions are major or minor will be made collectively by the author, the author's department head and the publication editor.

Updated June 2002