JGI Publication Policy
The JGI has a strong interest in seeing that the data produced by the facility result in scientific publications. The collaborator has the right to produce manuscripts for publication and the responsibility for leading the efforts to do so, and JGI expects acknowledgment for the generation of sequence and any other contributions, such as assembly, finishing, analysis, annotation, verification, creation of genome browsers, etc.
The collaborators and JGI together reserve the right to publish the first analysis of genomic data produced at the facility, provided this is done in a timely fashion. The publications resulting from such efforts should specify the collaborative nature of the project, and authorship is expected to include all those contributing significantly to the work.
The JGI has significant experience and capabilities with regard to genome analysis, annotation, and comparative analysis. If JGI personnel contribute substantially to post-sequencing work and the production of a manuscript, JGI contributors are expected to be credited as authors contributing to those aspects of the publication. If, by agreement with the collaborator, JGI staff take a lead role in the analysis, planning, writing, and editing of the manuscript, those individuals are expected to appear as first and/or senior authors of the paper.
