After sending a paper for publication, in the scenario that the paper is accepted for publication, is there a possibility of adding an author, who was somehow mistakenly been left in the pdf that was sent to the journal? Assume that the authorship is not gifted here; the author has actually contributed quite significantly to the paper.
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"somehow mistakenly been left in the pdf " left out? – Azor Ahai -him- Sep 18 '21 at 01:13
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1A student of mine did this to me. He/she submitted a paper of ours to a low ranking journal without my knowledge. It got accepted, and he wanted to include me as a co-author so that I could pay for the page charges! Even though there was clear evidence I was the supervisor, the work was from his/her PhD thesis, the publisher said no. As an aside, you probably have a bigger problem: the left out author may claim authorship and ask the publisher to withdraw your paper! In my case, I relinquished my authorship. – Prof. Santa Claus Sep 18 '21 at 02:26
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You'll need to convince the journal that it actually is a mistake as opposed to gift authorship.
If you do convince them then yes, you can add an author.
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@OP The answer from Allure says all. Still, I would add that actually you must pursue this happy ending – Alchimista Sep 18 '21 at 10:14