noun · academic

authorship

UK/ˈɔːθə(r)ʃɪp/US/ˈɔːθərʃɪp/AUTH·or·ship

Band 5-6task2speaking

the state or fact of being the writer of a book, article, or other work; recognition as the author

Examples

There is a dispute over the authorship of the article.

Authorship should be correctly attributed in academic papers.

She denied authorship of the controversial report.

Band 8 sentence

Disputes over authorship in collaborative research can damage careers and undermine trust in published findings.

Collocations

  • claim authorship
  • deny authorship
  • authorship attribution

Word family

author noun/verbauthorship nounauthorial adjective

Common mistakes

The authorship of the book is John.The author of the book is John.

He wrote the authorship for the article.He is the author of the article.

Say it for a higher band

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Synonyms

authorhood

Easily confused

author

The author of the novel attended the book launch.

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