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It is not, other than sometimes in the case of equal contribution. The first and sometimes second authors are the most important, and the last author is often t
by treefarmer 2y ago
It is not, other than sometimes in the case of equal contribution. The first and sometimes second authors are the most important, and the last author is often the advisor/senior researcher supervising the work.
- ziddoap 2y agoInteresting! I didn't realize it varied between sub-disciplines of CS, I guess. Theoretical computer science and cryptography both typically do alphabetical. Maybe because of their adjacency to pure math?
- senderista 2y agoThis is not accurate; it depends on the subfield. As a rule, the more theoretical the subfield, the more likely that alphabetical order is used. See e.g. papers from a theoretical conference like STOC vs. a systems conference like HotOS.
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoIf you look at the papers of the third author [1], almost all of them seem to be alphabetical by last name. [1] https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Kuszmaul,+W https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Kuszmaul...