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This makes me think about the credibility of single-author vs. multi-author papers in different disciplines. In computer science, a paper is seen as suspicious
by dougb5 1y ago
This makes me think about the credibility of single-author vs. multi-author papers in different disciplines. In computer science, a paper is seen as suspicious if there's just one author (at least nowadays). But in economics it seems much more common. Can an economist explain this for me (or perhaps a paper written by multiple economists?)
- type0 1y ago> But in economics it seems much more common non-scientific studies can't be replicated
- als0 1y agoWhat’s that got to do with the number of authors?
- forgotpwd16 1y agoA study that cannot be replicated is a study that cannot be falsified. Authors don't mind putting their names on them because there's no accountability to be held and is purely net positive (one more publication and additional citations).
- mizzao 1y agoWhile in CS multi-author papers are the norm, in econ it is quite common to have solo-authored papers, with senior PhD students solo-authoring papers without their advisor as a coauthor. And it is rare to see an econ paper with more than 3 authors. As a CS PhD who has worked with many economists, my understanding is that the culture sees it as diluting credit, and so might put people in the acknowledgements where computer science folks would add them as authors.