Just my $0.02: I really think it differs based upon the discipline. A colleague of mine recently received some comments on his annual review (college level) regarding the number of publications where he appeared as the last author. When he responded that the second most important/senior author usually appears last, it was met with "isn't that what 'the second' author is for?"
C- Christopher T. Ruhland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology TS-242 Trafton Sciences Center South Department of Biological Sciences Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 USA -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fabrice De Clerck Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Autorship Order: ABC or ACB? Hello Karim, In many fields the last author is recognized as the senior author (the major professor for example) Not necessarily the person that did the most work, but the person who has the most experience and oversaw the production of the manuscript. This works well when the last author will be recognized by the readers as a senior researcher. I've been told by senior researchers that when submitting your CV, people like to see your name on publications shift from the first author in your earliest papers, to increasing numbers of papers where you are the last, or senior author. CHeers, Fabrice On Nov 22, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Karim Ledesma wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a question about the autorship order. > > I have heard and read somewhere that researchers seem > to know that in a 3 author paper, the responsability > of the second author on the paper is lower than the > third author. > > How well known and accepted is this idea of autorship > order? > > If the participation of multiple authors on a paper is > clear and each participated as A=80%, B=40% and C=10%. > And A and B are still graduate students and C is a > local person of the study area. > How should the order of the authors be? ACB or ABC? > > Thanks for your ideas, > > Karim > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Sponsored Link > > Online degrees - find the right program to advance your career. > www.nextag.com ***************************************************** Fabrice De Clerck PhD Landscape Ecologist/Ecologo de Paisaje Dept. Agricultura y Agroforesteria CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (506) 558-2596 Fax: (506) 558-2046 Web: www.catie.ac.cr Adjunct Associate Tropical Agriculture Program The Earth Institute at Columbia University Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: fadeclerck Web:www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/mvp/ ******************************************************* "Everything not given is lost"
