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A PhD student has done the thesis under the guidance of associate professor in the department. They conceived the study, wrote the protocol, did the research, and wrote the manuscript. The head of the department helped by permitting the research and providing space and equipment. A senior professor got the funding for the project. Another PhD student helped in the collection of data for 3 months when the researcher was on maternity leave. Who will all be authors in the manuscript?

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Shukla, A., Supe, A. (2017). Authorship and Contributorship. In: Parija, S., Kate, V. (eds) Writing and Publishing a Scientific Research Paper. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4720-6_13

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