Scientific results

Acknowledgements

It is the mission of LBIC to “establish and provide a major translational bio-imaging center at Lund university, combining knowledge in the fields of medical physics, preclinical and clinical medicine, chemistry, technology and applied mathematics in order to develop imaging methods for the advanced study of human morphology, cellular metabolism and physiological function in health and disease”. Published research results are the ultimate goal for the research groups using the LBIC equipment as well as for the research staff at LBIC and published results play a dominant role in funding equipment and staff at LBIC as well as everywhere else in the academic environment. Towards this background, the following applies for research groups using LBIC facilities:

It is necessary to acknowledge LBIC in any publication where data is retrieved using LBIC equipment. The acknowledgement should read:

Lund University Bioimaging Center (LBIC), Lund University is gratefully acknowledged for providing experimental resources.

In addition, and if applicable, specific LBIC staff may be acknowledged as well.

Co-authorship

With respect to co-authorship for LBIC research staff, we refer to the regulations and guidelines which can be found at the homepage of the Swedish Research Council http://www.codex.vr.se/ Co-authorship requires a significant scientific contribution to the project, whereas e.g. routine technical assistance does not merit co-authorship. Furthermore, co-authorship should as far as possible be agreed upon during the core development phase. In cases of uncertainty, the chairman of the LBIC Research Board should always be addressed.

Media and press

Each user group who wishes to publish information in media where LBIC is mentioned must inform the LBIC director and/or co-director in advance.