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<on-behalf-of> On Behalf of

This element holds the name of an organization, institution, or group, when a contributor is acting as a representative of that group. The contributor is said to have written or edited a work “on behalf of” the named group.

Usage/Remarks

Tagged example of <on-behalf-of>: 
<contrib>
  <name><surname>Jones</surname>
    <given-names>Janet</given-names></name>
  <on-behalf-of>for the <italic>Cancer research Institute</italic></on-behalf-of>
  <role>author</role>
</contrib>
The logical parts of this on-behalf-of description are:
  • Contributor Name — (Bold above.) The name the contributor doing the work on behalf of someone else. This name is required when encoding an <on-behalf-of>, and it may be a personal name or a collaboration name. This means that, to use <on-behalf-of>, the element <contrib> should always also contain either:
  • <on-behalf-of> Name — (Italic above.) The name of the organization or group on whose behalf the work is being done (As text inside <on-behalf-of>).
    • There should always be a name included as all or part of the text inside an <on-behalf-of>. (For example, the text “Cardiac Research Group” above or an <institution>).
    • The more complete the name, the more useful, for example <on-behalf-of>Working Group of the British Cardiac Society</on-behalf-of> is more useful than on behalf of a “Working Group”.
  • Display Text — There may or may not be display text (such as "for the" in the sample above) inside an <on-behalf-of>. Display text includes words such as “for”, “for the”, or “on behalf of the” that display in front of the name of the group or institution.
Content of <on-behalf-of>
Here are some well-tagged <on-behalf-of> elements, which could occur inside a <contrib> (with a personal or collaboration name), inside a <contrib-group> (with contributors), or inside a <collab-wrap> (with a <collab-name>). The display text (words in addition to the organization name) may or may not be included as part of <on-behalf-of>. 
<on-behalf-of>Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>for the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group</on-behalf-of>

<on-behalf-of>Council of The British Thoracic Society</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>on behalf of the Research Urology Network (RUN)</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>the GLIMP collaborators</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>Clinical Genetics Committee</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>for the EPIMAD Registry Group</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>for the Temple University COVID-19 Research Group</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>on behalf of Humanitas COVID-19 task force</on-behalf-of>
<on-behalf-of>Amer Soc Missiology</on-behalf-of>
Context of <on-behalf-of>
Although JATS cannot enforce these rules, it is recommended practice to place <on-behalf-of> as follows:
  • Inside a <contrib>, when the <on-behalf-of> applies only to the named contributor;
  • Inside a <contrib-group>, when the <on-behalf-of> applies to the entire group of contributors (rather than to just one of the contributors);
  • Inside a <collab-wrap>, when the <on-behalf-of> applies only to the collaboration named in <collab-name>.
<on-behalf-of> Does Not Replace Affiliation
A contributor writing on behalf of an organization should also have a separate, typically different, affiliation. For example, a physician affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital writing on behalf of the National Cancer Institute would be tagged as: 
   <on-behalf-of>National Cancer Institute</on-behalf-of>
and the physician’s affiliation would be tagged as usual as:
   <aff>Johns Hopkins Hospital</aff>
Attributes
specific-use

Multi-lang Attributes

lang-focus
lang-focus-custom
lang-group
lang-source
lang-source-custom
lang-translate
lang-variant
lang-variant-custom

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<collab>, <contrib>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  on-behalf-of (#PCDATA %on-behalf-of-elements;)*           >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | sub | sup | institution | institution-wrap | fn | target | xref)*

Tagged Sample

Author information

...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <name><surname>Forster</surname>
    <given-names>Anne</given-names></name>
   <role>research physiotherapist</role>
   <on-behalf-of>Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative
    Research Group</on-behalf-of>
   <aff id="StLukes">Department of Health
    Care for the Elderly, St Luke’s Hospital,
    Bradford BD5 0NA</aff>
  </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
 ...
</article-meta>
...