Submitting Master's thesis to a journal

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Got a question for any other grad students or academia people: I'm in the process of formatting my thesis to submit it to a journal and was wondering if I should ask my advisor if she wants to be included as coauthor. I guess because she's my advisor, I'd be obliged to ask, although I didn't work with her on my thesis, she just read it because she had to, and provided a little bit of editorial feedback. Granted, I have to coauthor two other faculty members who also provided just a bit of editorial feedback.

in short, yes.

Yup

Better do. You might get yourself in a lot of trouble if you don't.
Most journals ask you and all other coauthors to sign the letter of submission and declare 'No competing interests". If it turns out afterwards that someone has a claim on your paper, you might get attitudes from other members your scientific (or whatever it is) community.

Or, ask one of these two people what they recommend.

Or, graciously make the offer to the advisor ('would you like to be included?') and she might graciously turn it down.

And get started on your next project (in a loosey-goosey, half-assed kind of way! almost the zen style of allowing it to happen ). And remember, smallest publishable unit.


Disclaimer: NOT IN ACADEMIA. I have some similar social skills, maybe, from the business world and political activism.

It is expected and assumed that you will include her as a coauthor. To do otherwise would be a serious breach of academic etiquette. Even if she had never read it or had anything to do with it, you are almost always expected to include your advisor as a coauthor on any journal paper you publish.