▲ Thesis in which the daughter of the Minister of Justice of the Fatherland is the first author
Professor Seoul National University has different opinions about the fact that the daughter of the attorney general of the country (54) was listed as the first author of a medical paper in high school.
According to Seoul National University on the 21st, it is hard to say that Cho's daughter contributed to the research so that it is listed as the first author. The claim is difficult to ask.
Seo Jung-wook, professor of Seoul National University School of Medicine, president of the Korean Society of Pathology from 2009 to 2010, said on his Facebook on October 20 that "the first author who was a high school student was given a gift without knowing what it means to be listed as an author. I think I made a decision. "" I think both of you are people who do not know what the author of the paper. "
Professor Suh pointed out that "the author is an important component of the thesis, so if the author is wrong, the author must revise or withdraw the entire article."
"I am not interested in the father of paper 1 as his father's professor. Whether he is ashamed or not, the journal's position is not influenced by political positions."
Woo Hee-jong, a veterinary professor at Seoul National University, also criticized on Facebook that "if the media reports are true, a high school student who has a two-week internship is the first author of a pathological journal article, which disappoints many graduate students who study and experiment hard."
Professor Woo said, "The first author of a natural science paper is the role of designing and conducting experiments. It will take two more weeks for high school students to master the concepts in the paper title."
He added, “It would seem inappropriate for Korean academics and educational culture to just miss the recent situation of children's thesis of Seoul National University professors.”
On the other hand, it was argued that listing the first author is the authority of the responsible author, and it is difficult to hold the responsibility of the candidate or the candidate.
Woo Jong-hak, a professor at Seoul National University's School of Physics and Astronomy, said on Facebook that "it is the responsibility and responsibility of the author to write."
Professor Woo said, "Not only high school interns, but also master's and master's thesis papers are often written by their advisors."
"If the professor asked to put his daughter as the first author, it is obviously wrong, but it is difficult to discuss the parents' fault unless it is revealed," he said. "If this thesis really matters, it is the responsibility of the supervisor. "There is little ground to ask for responsibility."
Cho's daughter, Cho Mo, was a second-year intern at Hankook University's second year at the Dankook University Medical Research Institute.
Usually, the first author is considered to be the person who led the experiment and thesis. It is pointed out that it is hard to believe the result obtained by the high school students through the internship for two weeks.