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  1. How to Order Authors in Scientific Papers

    The following are some common methods for establishing author order lists. Relative contribution. As mentioned above, the most common way authors are listed is by relative contribution. The author who made the most substantial contribution to the work described in an article and did most of the underlying research should be listed as the first ...

  2. First Author vs. Corresponding Author? How to Decide Which to Choose

    The first author executes a large portion of the work throughout the research process and signifies the researcher has provided the greatest intellectual contribution. The corresponding author is explicitly identified on the first page of the manuscript, is selected to further manage the pre and post-publication responsibilities, and serves as ...

  3. How to navigate authorship of scientific manuscripts

    In my field, the first author is usually the person who conducted most of the research tasks and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Other collaborators might have been involved in the conceptualization or validation of the work, and they will revise or comment on the paper. ... wanted authorship on a paper I had already written as first ...

  4. How to Decide the First Author and Corresponding Author in a Manuscript

    The first author is considered to have contributed more than the second author, and so forth, until reaching the author in the last position. ... getting funding to continue with research. The number of first-author papers may also be looked upon as a positive metric. An "author" (having authorship) of a paper must meet certain criteria for ...

  5. Deciding the order of authors on a paper

    The importance of the first author is reflected in the common practice of referring to a paper by the first author's name e.g. 'Jones et al. report that…' Publishing a paper as the first author is very crucial for the scientific career of a Ph.D. student. ... Conducting research is the first and most exciting step in a researcher's ...

  6. Authorship: Who's on first?

    When scientists collaborate on an experiment and a paper, it can be hard to decide who gets the credit and how much. Stephen Kosslyn first started to consider how author lists come together when ...

  7. Academic authorship: who, why and in what order?

    related issues: (a) authorship and (b) order of authors. The issue of authorship centres on the notion of who. can be an author, who should be an author and who. definitely should not be an author ...

  8. How to Order and Format Author Names in Scientific Papers

    The first author. The first author listed in a scientific paper is typically the person who has made the most substantial intellectual contribution to the work. This role is often filled by a junior researcher such as a Ph.D. student or postdoctoral fellow, who has been intimately involved in almost every aspect of the project.

  9. What is a corresponding author?

    Who is the first author of a scientific paper? The first author is usually the person who made the most significant intellectual contribution to the work. ... As a first author, you will have to impress a vast group of players in the submission and publication processes. But, first of all, if you are in a research group, you will have to catch ...

  10. Lead author

    Lead author. In academic publishing, the lead author or first author is the first named author of a publication such as a research article or audit . Academic authorship standards vary widely across disciplines. In many academic subjects, including the natural sciences, computer science and electrical engineering, the lead author of a research ...

  11. Guiding Undergraduates Through the Process of First Authorship

    Introduction. Dozens of excellent papers have recently been written that describe best practices for publishing journal articles with undergraduates (see "Engaging Undergraduates in Publishable Research: Best Practices," Frontiers in Psychology); for the most part, these involve students as co-authors in general rather than as lead authors.In this paper, I specifically focus on how to ...

  12. Shared first authorship

    Shared co-first authorship is defined as two or more authors who have worked together on a publication and contributed equally [ 8 ]. This equal contribution is often indicated in the fine print of a published paper or in an investigator's curriculum vitae [ 9 ].

  13. Authorship issue explained

    The senior author sometimes takes responsibility for writing the paper, especially when the research student has not yet learned the skills of scientific writing. The senior author then becomes the corresponding author, but should the student be the first author? Some supervisors put their students first, others put their own names first.

  14. First authors: is co-equal genuinely equal?

    Letter to the Editor. 'Equal' distribution of co-first authors on research papers should be a win-win concept — not just for those authors, but also for multi-disciplinary science.

  15. How should the first affiliation of a paper be defined where the first

    The primary affiliation should be for the organization or institution where the greater portion of the research took place. As the definition of the first author is the one who made the most extensive and significant contribution to the research (among other criteria), the first author's name should be prime on the paper and therefore also their affiliation.

  16. How to Write Your First Research Paper

    After you get enough feedback and decide on the journal you will submit to, the process of real writing begins. Copy your outline into a separate file and expand on each of the points, adding data and elaborating on the details. When you create the first draft, do not succumb to the temptation of editing.

  17. PDF Every Author as First Author

    authors in a fixed order arises when citing papers with several authors. In the body of a paper (as opposed to the bibliography), it is most common to write "X et al. [#]" when referring to a paper [#] whose first author's surname is X. In author-year styles such as APA, this is even built into the citation itself, e.g., (X et al., 2023).

  18. Difference between Corresponding author and First author ...

    First author is the one who carries out the bulk of the experiments, while having an important contribution to experimental design, data analysis, interpretation and writing of the paper.

  19. Authorship (Part 1): Who should be the author of a research paper

    Slide deck: Authorship (Part 1): Who should be the author of your research paper. Through the course of your research, right until you get your paper published, there will be several individuals who have contributed to your research project in different ways. However, not all of these individuals can be considered as authors of your paper.

  20. Your First "First-Author" Paper: Part One--The Writing

    Your First "First-Author" Paper: Part One--The Writing. 15 Feb 2002. By Phil Dee. Share: W riting a paper must be easy compared with compiling a thesis. It would be like scribing a few brief pages versus hundreds. That's certainly what I thought as a naïve first-time science writer.

  21. Research Paper

    Definition: Research Paper is a written document that presents the author's original research, analysis, and interpretation of a specific topic or issue. It is typically based on Empirical Evidence, and may involve qualitative or quantitative research methods, or a combination of both. The purpose of a research paper is to contribute new ...

  22. Author-date citation system

    For a work with one or two authors, include the author name(s) in every citation. For a work with three or more authors, include the name of only the first author plus "et al." in every citation (even the first citation). The following table shows the basic in-text citation styles:

  23. Full article: Joint first authorship

    For example, two researchers may be taking an equal lead among a large research group undertaking such work. Rather than assign joint first authorship on every paper, first authorship can be alternated as papers emerge, eventually leading to a balanced distribution of first authorship papers over time.

  24. 13.1 Formatting a Research Paper

    Set the top, bottom, and side margins of your paper at 1 inch. Use double-spaced text throughout your paper. Use a standard font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, in a legible size (10- to 12-point). Use continuous pagination throughout the paper, including the title page and the references section.

  25. [2304.01393] Every Author as First Author

    We propose a new standard for writing author names on papers and in bibliographies, which places every author as a first author -- superimposed. This approach enables authors to write papers as true equals, without any advantage given to whoever's name happens to come first alphabetically (for example). We develop the technology for implementing this standard in LaTeX, BibTeX, and HTML; show ...

  26. Yurkow Honored For Best Original Research Paper By An Early Career

    Sydney Yurkow, PhD, associate research scientist in psychiatry, is first author of a research paper named winner of the Best Original Research Paper by an Early Career Scholar published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. The award covers the 2023 publishing period.

  27. Taxing the Ten Percent by Alex Raskolnikov :: SSRN

    The first part of this paper (pp 8-26) is a shorter version of the first part of Pay More (pp 7-41). The second part of this paper (pp 26-46) is new. It discusses multiple means of implementing a tax increase on the top ten percent and it critiques the optimal tax theory case for focusing only on the top one percent.***

  28. FRIB researchers lead team to merge nuclear physics experiments and

    FRIB is the only accelerator-based user facility on a university campus as one of 28 DOE-SC user facilities. Chun Yen Tsang, the first author on the Nature Astronomy paper, was a graduate student under Betty Tsang during this research and is now a researcher working jointly at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Kent State University.

  29. World-first "Cybercrime Index" ranks countries by cybercrime threat

    Co-author of the study, Dr Miranda Bruce from the University of Oxford and UNSW Canberra said the study will enable the public and private sectors to focus their resources on key cybercrime hubs and spend less time and funds on cybercrime countermeasures in countries where the problem is not as significant. 'The research that underpins the Index will help remove the veil of anonymity around ...

  30. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public ...

    Throughout the first quarter of 2024, research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN: 1660-4601) was featured over 484 times in news articles published by reputable media sources, such as Forbes, The Washington Post, BBC News, Time Magazine and USA Today.. You can learn more about the cited articles below.