Honorary authorship is contrary to all authorship guidelines I'm aware of and is expressly warned against in general discussions on authorship. Authorship is supposed to be reserved for only those that made significant contributions to the paper/research and minor contributions and assistance is meant to included in the acknowledgements section.
I might as well also take this point to address something that came up previously. Just because Kage is a chemist says nothing about his ability to contribute to a sociological paper. If he provides a contribution then he can be included as an author. You don't need to hold any specific degree or training. All the support needed for the argument will be included in the paper. If that's there then it doesn't matter your background because your argument is properly supported. If it's not there then all the fancy degrees you have are irrelevant.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Honorary authorship is contrary to all authorship guidelines I'm aware of and is expressly warned against in general discussions on authorship. Authorship is supposed to be reserved for only those that made significant contributions to the paper/research and minor contributions and assistance is meant to included in the acknowledgements section.
I might as well also take this point to address something that came up previously. Just because Kage is a chemist says nothing about his ability to contribute to a sociological paper. If he provides a contribution then he can be included as an author. You don't need to hold any specific degree or training. All the support needed for the argument will be included in the paper. If that's there then it doesn't matter your background because your argument is properly supported. If it's not there then all the fancy degrees you have are irrelevant.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~