As mentioned above, 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.
Thus, the first name in an author list is the most sought-after position in a scientific publication. … After the first author,
the subsequent authors are usually listed as per their contribution to the research
, starting with the one who contributed the most to the least.
Author Rank is
a new aspect of Google’s search algorithm that will score online content creators
. Similar to SEO rankings for sites and pages, authors will now have an associated ranking based on a few contributing factors, including, but not limited to: Social sharing of your Google+ posts.
Rule 6.25 of the Publication Manual directs us to “arrange entries in alphabetical order
by the surname of the first author followed by initials of the author’s given name
.” We are also instructed to order several works by the same first author by year of publication, the earliest first.
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 …
Yes
, the author order is important. The author order is based on their contribution to the work.
The first author should be that person who contributed most to the work
, including writing of the manuscript. … It is common practice to have the senior author appear last, sometimes regardless of his or her contribution. The senior author, like all other authors, should meet all criteria for authorship.
Rule 6.25 of the Publication Manual directs us to “arrange entries in
alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by initials of the author’s given name
.” We are also instructed to order several works by the same first author by year of publication, the earliest first.
Which is the correct order in which you reference a book?
The basic structure of a book reference should
list the author’s last name, the first initial of their first name, the first initial of their middle name
(if applicable), publication year, book title, edition (if it isn’t the first), and publisher. This is the same format for both books and ebooks.
What is the correct order of creating references?
- Arrange entries in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by the initials of the author’s given name(s).
- When alphabetizing names, disregard any spaces or punctuation marks in two-word surnames. Also disregard anything in parentheses or square brackets.
Shared co-first authorship is defined as
two or more authors who have worked together on a publication and contributed equally
[8]. … Some journals publish articles in which shared coauthorship is described, making it easy to determine author contribution.
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.
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.
In Engineering mostly the first authors are the ones contributed the most, after the second or third author,
the order does not really matter
.
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.
Typically the limitation is
six authors
. The lowest limit I have come across was four. In my opinion this is a very dangerous tendency that might do serious damage to future research. Nowadays studies are often very complex and require the contributions of specialists from many fields to be meaningful.