On 3 Dec 2008 at 14:25, Frantz, Sue wrote:

> I'm going with 2512 authors.  
> 
> Aleph et al. 2006. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z
> resonance. Physics Reports, 427[5-6]: 257-454.
> 
> There are 14 pages of authors... listed in Appendix A. With 2,512
> authors, chances are good that you know one!
> 
> You can read the paper here: http://tinyurl.com/6n64b5  

Wow! You're good, Sue. I never thought anyone would come up with that 
one.  My only complaint is that your tinyurl takes me to the 
ScienceDirect login page, and reading it there isn't possible without 
coughing up $$$.

Try this instead: 
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ex/pdf/0509/0509008v3.pdf 

and then skip to p. 227 and keep going to p. 245.  Count 'em and be 
amazed.

Interested parties might also try:

King, C. (2007). Multiauthor papers redux: a new peek at new peaks. 
_Science Watch_, Nov-Dec. Available on-line (no $$$ needed) at:
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/klnl/8428096/swmultiauthor.pdf

and the letter-to-the-editor which inspired this post:

Sekercioglu, C. (2008). Quantifying coauthor contributions. _Science_ 
322, p. 371.

So we have a winner. As prize I was going to suggest a week in Toronto, 
with second place getting two weeks in Toronto, but this was not a 
popular choice.  So I suggest instead Michael Sylvester on your home 
answering machine. Please contact him for further information.

Stephen

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