min yoongi who’s gentle, who never raises his voice, who likes to hold hands, who believes that being a fan is living with love, who dedicated his time to teach music to autistic kids, who made a song for his juniors to lean on—min yoongi whose trials ended in full bloom ❤️🩹
the come over project is so important for me bc when he says “I'm a little late, right?” he means it, he has even interviewers asking him why he didn’t show up more and at some point this maybe got into his head, so everyone screaming “no” ITS SO IMPORTANT
As someone who is a researcher this whole situation is laughable. I am a neurobiology researcher, yet I am author on papers outside pure biology because my work contributed to the research question. That is how research works.
Authorship is based on contribution, not job title. Standard authorship guidelines state that anyone who contributes substantially to the conception, design of the research, interpretation, or manuscript development deserves authorship. Notice what’s not listed is “Must hold a degree in every discipline touched by the paper.”
The paper in question studies a music-based therapy program for children and adolescents with autism. Yoongi contributed through his own field of expertise: music. He shared ideas from the early planning stages, helped shape the musical framework used in the program, and participated in pilot sessions.
Every component of a research matters. If the research uses music, then the person contributing to the musical structure of that research is contributing.
Interdisciplinary research works like this. People contribute where their expertise is relevant to the project. Not every contributor has the same academic background, and they are not expected to.
But by all means, non-researchers should continue explaining academic authorship criteria based on vibes rather than established scholarly standards. It is certainly… illuminating.
Obsessed with the idea of Namjoon and Hobi having existential crises thinking "I don't know what the right thing is, can we still do BTS" while Yoongi just calmly scrolls on his phone, thinking "they'll figure it out" while he adds another pin to his 'BTS in 2056' Pinterest board