Does the common initial authority in the event of a publication do the disadvantages? RESICIAL FIRE ANLOW

Does the common initial authority in the event of a publication do the disadvantages? RESICIAL FIRE ANLOW

The question, Whether a paper should have more than a first author can lead to tense negotiations. The discussions can be just as difficult when it comes to deciding which of two initial authorities in First Slot is called.

But new results could help to alleviate the tensions in such discussions. A study published last month in the magazine Scientometrics suggests that there are no reputative disadvantages for shared first-roads, even for the person who is mentioned as second-at least under experimental conditions. 1

"There was no disadvantage when sharing recognition. We didn't expect that," says Miriam Schilbach, co -author of the study and organizational psychologist at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She and her co-lead author-the organizational psychologist Julian Decius from the University of Bremen, Germany-decided whose name is first listed by rolling cubes. (Decius won.)

The question of authorship

Authorship is the currency of academic life, and the initial authority of a renowned publication can decide on the success or failure of a career. The missions are so high that 2002

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