Can you have two first authors on a paper?
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].
Joint first authorship
Joint first authors can be indicated
by the inclusion of the statement ‘X and X contributed equally to this paper’ in the contributorship statement
.
Since only
1 author
can be listed first on a publication, the chosen individual among a list of “equally contributing authors” is likely to garner a greater share of citation credit and recognition from readers by virtue of having their name first.
Only one of the authors will appear as first author, in any publication. Every other entry is a secondary entry. However, corresponding authors could be
as many as three
depending on the multi-disciplinary nature of the article.
Subject matter is; the quality of the article,
it could be single or multiple authors
. No difference in case of one or more authors. The importance of the Research paper depends on the Research work, it’s mehodology and publication in a reputable journal with impact factor.
The corresponding author can be the second author or the third author or even the last author
. There are many replies. However, before starting any research work, the authors order question must be addressed.
For example,
PloS One journals have the logo with the word “Co” written on it that is added after the name of each of the co-first authors
. If you click on the name of each co-author, you get a full explanation that says both authors contributed equally to the work.
Although an author list should only reflect those who have made substantial contributions to a research project and its draft manuscript (see, for example, the authorship guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors), we’d be remiss to say that
author order doesn’t matter
.
Have another one, even the second authorship, is
definitely better than nothing
. Not to mention your first authorship paper is not very good by your own evaluation. Show activity on this post. In the end, each paper counts.
The first author should be that person who contributed most to the work
, including writing of the manuscript. The sequence of authors should be determined by the relative overall contributions to the manuscript. It is common practice to have the senior author appear last, sometimes regardless of his or her contribution …
Dual first authorship
If requested,
we can provide dual-first authorship if two authors have contributed equally to a paper
. In that case a footnote will be added to the author names and an explanation will be given.
Short Answer: You should follow the standard citation style. E.g.,
“Anderson et al”
. As far as I’m aware, there is nothing in APA style that speaks to an exception for the situation where the authors of a paper contribute equally or that set out multiple “first authors”.
The first author is usually
the person who has made the most significant intellectual contribution to the work
, in terms designing the study, acquiring and analyzing data from experiments, and writing the manuscript.
1st Author: Person who did most of the work, like write the manuscript, and do most if not all of the experiment. 2nd Author: Person who helped out the most, and/or person who mentored the 1st author (e.g.: if 1st author was grad student) the most.
Even with middle-author publications on the rise, “
they count for promotion, but they don’t count as much as first- and last-author publications
,” Jackson notes. “Just like book chapters and review articles, they count, but not as much as original research articles.”
Lead Author: He/She is also called as the first author and is the one who carries out the research as well as writes and edits the manuscript. Co-Author:
He/She is the one who collaborates with the lead author and makes significant contribution to the manuscript
.
Yes, the author order is important
. The author order is based on their contribution to the work.
Both the terms are unique and have subtle variations in the meaning. An author is a person who is involved in creating written content entirely on their own.
Co-authors on the other hand are those who work in tandem with an author to help them write a piece of literary work.
To the co-first authors:
Metrics such as the number of first author papers still play a substantial role in hiring, tenure, grants, and many other career advancement opportunities and decisions
.
Traditionally, the first author contributes most and also receives most of the credit, whereas the position of subsequent authors is usually decided by contribution,
alphabetical order, or reverse seniority
.
However, the author who guides all authors in planning a research work and who may provide his/ her lab, lab facilities and other requirements is the Corresponding author.
Corresponding author is the most important author in a research article.
Is it possible to write both of them in the last place as co-last authors? No. As expected, an author list is not a tree or a weighted graph, but a simple flat (one-dimensional) list.
There is exactly one last author.
The first author is usually
the person who has performed the central experiments of the project
. Often, this individual is also the person who has prepared the first draft of the manuscript.
Add a parenthetical statement at the end of the references
saying “first n authors are co-first authors, listed in this order because…” On my “internal” CV I have parentheticals after many papers, for example, listing contributions, nominations for best paper, etc.
Add a parenthetical statement at the end of the references
saying “first n authors are co-first authors, listed in this order because…” On my “internal” CV I have parentheticals after many papers, for example, listing contributions, nominations for best paper, etc.
Do you think A would be entitled to feel some kind of injustice at not having his name listed in alphabetical order? Is there a consensus that co-first authors should be in alphabetical order and is the editor likely to point this out?
No, “A” has no right to require alphabetical ordering.
Short Answer: You should follow the standard citation style. E.g.,
“Anderson et al”
. As far as I’m aware, there is nothing in APA style that speaks to an exception for the situation where the authors of a paper contribute equally or that set out multiple “first authors”.
For example, high-energy particle physics teams list authors alphabetically. Multiple “first” authors.
Additional “first” authors (so-called “co-first authors”) can be noted by an asterisk or other symbols accompanied by an explanatory note
.
Short Answer: You should follow the standard citation style. E.g.,
“Anderson et al”
. As far as I’m aware, there is nothing in APA style that speaks to an exception for the situation where the authors of a paper contribute equally or that set out multiple “first authors”.
For example, high-energy particle physics teams list authors alphabetically. Multiple “first” authors.
Additional “first” authors (so-called “co-first authors”) can be noted by an asterisk or other symbols accompanied by an explanatory note
.
