The most common way authors are listed is by
relative contribution
. The author who most substantially worked on the draft article and the underlying research becomes the first author. The others are ranked in descending order of contribution.
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 …
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 …
Many websites that employ contributing and staff writers will often display the author name at the top or bottom of an article. This is the first place you should look for an author.
The main author is
the person who owns the project or did the most work
. They may or may not be the first author. The corresponding author is simply the one that interacts with a journal as regards publishing the paper. A corresponding author usually accompanies the first author in the writing or submission process.
Yes
, the author order is important. The author order is based on their contribution to the work.
It’s always good to have another paper
, even if you are second author. A hiring or review committee may ask you to describe your own contribution to the paper. As long as you can do that honestly and point to some substantive contribution to the paper, it will be to your benefit.
Where can I find an article citation?
Go to
http://google.scholar.com
. If you have a Google account, you can log into it and Google will make searching for your citations very easy. Fill out your profile. Choose the articles you have written from the list that is discoverd for authors with your name.
Is it necessary to include the URL of an internet source?
When listing Internet sources in your References or Works Cited, the most important thing to remember is that your goal is to make it easy for a reader to consult your sources. … For most sites, that means you should
include the full URL for the page you cite in your paper
(the web address that begins “http”).
If the work does not have an author, cite
the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses
. Titles of books and reports are italicized; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks.
In most cases, especially in academic publishing, the author listed first on a published article is
the one who has done the research and has written and edited the paper
. He or she is also most likely the contact person for the targeted journal’s editors after their review.
The claim
is the author’s main argument—what the author wants you to do, think, or believe by the time you finish reading the text. … The underlying assumption, the way the author uses the evidence to support the claim, often called the warrant.
Author, one who is
the source of some
form of intellectual or creative work; especially, one who composes a book, article, poem, play, or other literary work intended for publication.
In Engineering mostly the first authors are the ones contributed the most, after the second or third author,
the order does not really matter
.
It depends on the field and on agreement between authors, but from career perspective it is better if a person has also sometimes been the first author (and in some fields, also published something alone), it
does not matter so much
if a person has mostly been a second or a third author.
In many disciplines, the author order indicates
the magnitude of contribution
, with the first author adding the most value and the last author representing the most senior, predominantly supervisory role.
