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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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Why do people sometimes put authors with equal contribution in non-alphabetical order?

There are some requirements for funding¹², a degree³, tenure and similar for which literal first authorship counts. If one of the equally contributing authors gains an advantage from being the first a …
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