Doctorate with no affiliation submitting to a publication with an undergrad co-author I am working on a paper to submit for publication. I hold a doctorate degree but I do not teach at a college or university and the paper has nothing to do with my current employer or job function.
My co-author has a bachelor's degree, is not in school, and is not my student however the paper is based on work she is doing for her job. Her company has approved the paper for publication as it contains no property information.
My question is how would I list the affiliation? Would I leave mine blank and her's as her company? also for bachelor's degree do you list the degree? (I have never seen that)
Would this be correct:
Philip D. Noah, D.Sc.
Jane Smith
XYZ Company
Your affiliation could be &quot;Independent Researcher&quot; or similar, though blank might be allowed.
The other person may require permission from the company to name them, even though permission to publish has been given. It is best to check.
But your listing seems to imply that you both are affiliated with XYZ, which is not the case. You probably need to clarify that.
And yes, her degree can, and probably should, be listed. Use whatever the diploma shows: BS, BSc, ...