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On the ordering of authors in an academic publication, including common ordering conventions and interpretations of specific positions in an academic discipline.

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How to share authorship in a 2-author paper where both contributed equally

In many fields (I cannot speak for the medical field, though), first author is the most coveted "spot" in the authors list. Your professor probably has enough of a publication history amassed, so that …
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First authorship dispute between the research leader and the person who did the most importa...

It is field dependent, but in my own experience, the first author ususally goes to the person that did the main investigating / research and the last author goes to the person that took on the supervi …
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