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Lost in the middle: author order matters, new paper says

11-05-2007 · EurekAlert!

With research typically being conducted by large teams of scientists, it is now commonplace for a paper to boast as many authors as a basketball team's starting lineup. According to a new study, credit for those papers is far from evenly distributed, and the order in which the authors' names appear can make the difference between who receives tenure and who does not.

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