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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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Journal changed the ordering of the authors. What to do now?

tl;dr: 1. Your supervisor will know what to do. 2. For the long run, change the rule. In our university, it is mandatory for authors to be listed in the order of their contribution. This is highly u …
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I filled the crucial gap; co-authors did the rest–who should be first author?

I found a trick to solve a step To me, that doesn't sound like first-authorship-level contribution. ...journal/conference where the authors are not listed in alphabetic order... Other answe …
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First authorship dispute between the research leader and the person who did the most importa...

The solution is simple and straightforward: List authors alphabetically or in randomized order (and say that you did so in a one-sentence footnote, so people don't get the wrong idea.) The custom of e …
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Advisor wants first author. Do I have any leverage?

Make a play for alphabetically/arbitrarily listed names. I agree with @Buffy's answer and mostly-agree with @AnonymousPhysicist's supplement: The advisor's conduct is inappropriate: If you were his e …
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My adviser wants to be the first author

Can I argue with him and tell him I am not letting the article to be published if he insists on being the first author? Other answers have already indicated this is potentially a somewhat dangero …
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