How do students, interns, volunteers (including scientists emeriti), visiting scientists, and retirees use a USGS affiliation in their author byline? [026]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

These authors use a USGS affiliation in their byline if they are funded in full or in part by the Bureau to do the work or receive other support from the USGS in performance of the work. The byline includes the author’s specific relationship or role, followed by U.S. Geological Survey. [Read more]

These authors use a USGS affiliation in their byline if they are funded in full or in part by the Bureau to do the work or receive other support, such as per diem, office space, or equipment from the USGS in performance of the work. The byline includes the author’s specific relationship or role, for example, student or intern, volunteer (can specify if a scientist emeritus), visiting scientist, followed by U.S. Geological Survey. Retired scientists should use the USGS byline when publishing work from USGS research conducted when they were an active employee. The specific role may also be included in the acknowledgments section with wording such as "The work by [insert author's name] was done while serving as a [insert author’s role] with the U.S. Geological Survey."