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 …
Works by
three to 20 authors should list the last names and first initials of each author separated by an ampersand
. Author names should be followed by the date of publication enclosed in parentheses. If the work is a journal article, include the title of the article immediately following the publication date.
In many academic subjects, including the natural sciences, computer science and electrical engineering, the lead author of a research article is typically
the person who carried out the research and wrote
and edited the paper.
Thus, the first name in an author list is the most sought-after position in a scientific publication. … However, sometimes multiple authors may have contributed equally, in which case
the order of author names does not matter
, and you can inform the journal editor of this.
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.
Formatting Author information:
Always list the author’s surname before listing his or her initials
. You only need to provide initials for the first and middle names, but do include initials for all middle names provided by the source. Include a comma after every last name and in-between different authors’ names.
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 content is the evidence which provides the support and reasoning upon which the claim is built.
What is APA Format example?
APA in-text citation style
uses the author’s last name and the year of publication
, for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14).
Corresponding author is the most important author
in a research article. … First author is the person who makes largest contribution in the research. The most important one. Corresponding author is the person who takes responsibility of answering all queries.
Yes
, the author order is important. The author order is based on their contribution to the work.
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.
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.”
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.
Second author is
the second main person who contributes mainly to experiments and manuscript writing
. Somewhat less in percentage to first author. And so on for third, fourth and rest.. Authorship consideration is usually all of your contribution to that project.
Author’s claim is
honorable presentation of an author that he makes in his writing
– to some person or his memory, group of people, establishment or even abstract idea. … Author’s claim is called a lyric preamble of large works written in verse with address to certain person or without it.
An author’s message is
the “big idea” of the text or a part of the text
. It is what the author wants the reader to learn or take away from reading the text. There may be more than one message in a text. A life lesson: The moral, or lesson, that stories like fables are trying to teach readers.
