Gurmeet -- The way I was told was the first author is the primary author and the last author is the person who runs the lab. The authors in-between are listed by contribution. mas tarde, EJF
Gurmeet Singh <[email protected]> Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <[email protected]> 06/07/2009 08:29 AM Please respond to Gurmeet Singh <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject [ECOLOG-L] Ethics in Publications 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
