Statement of Originality
DECLARATION OF CO-AUTHORSHIP / PREVIOUS PUBLICATION
Instructions: This declaration must be used in lieu of the “Declaration of Originality” when one or both of the following apply:
1. the thesis includes material based on jointly authored research (published or unpublished) – complete section I;
and/or
2. the thesis incorporates the text of (or substantial parts from) one or more papers that you have published or submitted for publication – complete section II.
The text within the declaration must not be altered except for the wording of those parts in sections I and II in square brackets [ ] where you are asked to provide specific information regarding co-authors and publications. No changes are to be made to the text within section III “General” which should be included as is. For details refer to the formatting guidelines webpage.
Insert the declaration in your thesis immediately before the Abstract page.
I. Co-Authorship
I hereby declare that this thesis incorporates material that is result of joint research, as follows:
[To prepare your declaration, please review the following instructions and sample statements:
You must address here the contribution of co-authors for any co-authored material that has been included within the thesis, regardless of whether the material has been published or is still unpublished. For published work, you must address each co-author that is listed in part II. ‘Previous Publication’.
Provide details about both the nature and the extent/scope of your contribution as well as of the other person(s)’s contribution. Below are provided sample wordings to help you draft your co-authorship statement:
• “Chapters 2 and 3 of the thesis include the outcome of publications which have the following other co-authors: X, Y, and Z [list the name of each co-author]. In all cases only my primary contributions towards these publications are included in this thesis, and the contribution of co-authors X,Y and Z was primarily through ...[briefly describe each co-author’s contribution – e.g. X provided assistance in experimentation and analysis; Y contributed feedback on refinement of ideas and editing of the manuscript; etc.]”.
• “Chapter 2 incorporates unpublished material co-authored with X and Y under the supervision of professor Z. In all cases the key ideas, primary contributions, experimental designs, data analysis, interpretation, and writing were performed by myself; X contributed to the statistical analysis and graphing results; Y provided .., Z contributed to …” etc..
Please consult with your thesis supervisor to modify the suggested wording above as applicable to your situation.
Continue with the next paragraph where the wording must not be altered:]
I am aware of the University of Windsor Senate Policy on Authorship and I certify that I have properly acknowledged the contribution of other researchers to my thesis, and have obtained written permission from each of the co-author(s) to include the above material(s) in my thesis.
I certify that, with the above qualification, this thesis, and the research to which it refers, is the product of my own work.
II. Previous Publication
This thesis includes [insert number] original papers that have been previously published/submitted to journals for publication, as follows:
|Thesis Chapter |Publication title/full citation |Publication status* |
|Chapter [2] |[Insert the full citation where available; note that you |[* e.g., “published”, “in press”, “accepted|
| |need to address in the co-authorship declaration above the |for publication”] |
| |contribution of each person who is listed as a co-author in | |
| |the citation] | |
|… | | |
I certify that I have obtained a written permission from the copyright owner(s) to include the above published material(s) in my thesis. I certify that the above material describes work completed during my registration as a graduate student at the University of Windsor.
III. General
I declare that, to the best of my knowledge, my thesis does not infringe upon anyone’s copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas, techniques, quotations, or any other material from the work of other people included in my thesis, published or otherwise, are fully acknowledged in accordance with the standard referencing practices. Furthermore, to the extent that I have included copyrighted material that surpasses the bounds of fair dealing within the meaning of the Canada Copyright Act, I certify that I have obtained a written permission from the copyright owner(s) to include such material(s) in my thesis.
I declare that this is a true copy of my thesis, including any final revisions, as approved by my thesis committee and the Graduate Studies office, and that this thesis has not been submitted for a higher degree to any other University or Institution.
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