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Makes sense, but first and last author should be able to answer on all the work
by kamma4434 12d ago
Makes sense, but first and last author should be able to answer on all the work
- CrazyStat 12d agoOne would hope so, yes.
- jltsiren 11d agoOnly in small papers. Once the project is big or multi-disciplinary enough that co-first and co-last authorship become a thing, it's quite common that no single person fully understands the paper.
- robwwilliams 11d agoIdeally, but often not true of large complex studies. Typical example is that only a middle author statistician understands the details of data analysis. Also commonly true in quantitative genetics.