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So, forgive me if there is a well-known convention on this subject that I am unaware of. I work as a GRA at U of Etc., and some research that I've been doing for a professor is going to get published. She mentioned that I would be given a notation in the article as a research assistant. Once the article is published, is there any way to cite this in a resume? Or is that being presumptuous?

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OnlyLivingBoyinNY wrote:So, forgive me if there is a well-known convention on this subject that I am unaware of. I work as a GRA at U of Etc., and some research that I've been doing for a professor is going to get published. She mentioned that I would be given a notation in the article as a research assistant. Is there any way to cite this in a resume, or is that being presumptuous?

I was in a similar situation and I don't think you can include that until it actually appears in the publication, either online or in print.

You can cite it. Submitted for publication is usually how you term it---or accepted for publication

I worked as an RA in undergrad, and the paper I contributed to was presented at a conference, but didn't have my name attached. I just put it under "Publications" on my resume, because it was technically published and I was involved in the research and the writing. As long as you don't say 'I presented This Paper at XYZ Conference", you should be fine.

Hey, thanks everybody for the advice. So, would I say "Contributed research to 'The History of Basket Weaving' by John Locke and James Franco," or just list the article name as a line item?

You can put the title under "publications" and just note "(forthcoming 201x in Whatever Journal/Book)" afterwards, if you'll be named one of the authors.

If it's a case of getting kudos in a footnote or introduction, I think you need a Research Assistant part on your resume that explains your contribution to the work; that's what I did in my own case, anyway.

Don't list it under "Publications," unless your name appears as one of the authors.

If you're only receiving a shout-out - "Prof Famous wishes to thank the invaluable research assistance of John Doe" - then you might mention that your research on X was included in Prof paper Y in the part where you describe your work as an RA.

I had something like this on my resume as well. I listed Research Assistant under employment history. In the bullet points, I explained the type of research, what I contributed to it, and cited the resulting publication. I think this is a safe way of showing that you contributed to a published article, without implying that you're an author of this piece.

Thanks for all the help and great ideas, everybody. I appreciate it.