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Explicit tagging is the best option, yes, but contribution-based is significantly better than just alphabetical. Typically, the first author did most of the in
by Cyph0n 9y ago
Explicit tagging is the best option, yes, but contribution-based is significantly better than just alphabetical.
Typically, the first author did most of the intellectual work. Rarely if ever would the first author be a person who did a lot of practical work but little to no intellectual work.
- IanCal 9y agoI agree it's largely better than nothing, though there was that paper recently that got pulled because the authors couldn't agree on the ordering of the names.