In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader writes:
I'm still in grad school and want to submit a paper to journals. There is a place where I'd like to acknowledge in a footnote a committee member's help with specific phrasing. Should I just acknowledge them in a specific footnote or in the general acknowledgement section? My work has also benefitted a lot from discussions with them in general as well as with other committee members, but I don't remember where so will have to just acknowledge them generally. Would it be bad to just cite one in a specific footnote without the others?
Another reader submitted the following reply:
I wouldn't give it more than 1/2 a second's thought. Thank them together in the acknowledgements, individually, both, neither, whatever.
Maybe so, but I think it might be interesting to hear from others. I've always been a bit uncertain about how to best acknowledge people in papers, and wonder if there are any particular norms or best practices that people think exist here. What do you all think?
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