Dear List members. In case of a multi-authored papers, what is the significance of position in authorship ? For example, how are first author, second author , corresponding author or the last author rated for their contribution to a manuscript ?
Quite often, there are conflicts/arguments among the authors with respect to their position in a manuscript. Do there exist any set of relevant rules? Is it entirely depended on the P.I. ( Principal Investigator)? I hope to get comments from you on this. Regards Gurmeet
