I am conducting a systematic review with a group of ten people. The problem is that I don't know who to add as an author and who to come first as an author.
How should I define the first author and second one and so on?
For example, if each one of us has read and evaluated 10 articles (I mean, lets assume each one of us has contributed to the manuscript, the same as others), how should I prioritize the sequence of names as authorship?
There is also a Committee on Publication Ethics, with a web site: publicationethics.org
Of particular interest, see:
How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/2003pdf12.pdf
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/2003pdf12.pdf
In my limited experience of co-authoring with more than 5 people, I think that Zip's law applies roughly. The most prolific author creates half of the content, the second most prolific creates one third etc. (Does this add up to one?!) Place the names in the order of their contribution. Leave out the name of anybody who does not contribute intellectually. If they all contribute the same word count, then arrange the names alphabetically according to surname!
If you are a young, innovative researcher driving the whole intellectual process, then add your name first. If you are a senior supervisor, then put your name last to encourage the young guys and gals.
This all supposes that you did not draw up an contract with your co-authors before you started.
To which journal are you submitting your paper? The "Instructions to Authors" for the journal may dictate the order of the authors.
As an example, you may wish to look at the instructions to authors in the journal, "Systematic Reviews"
http://www.systematicreviewsjournal.com/authors/instructions/systematicreviewupdate
There is also a Committee on Publication Ethics, with a web site: publicationethics.org
Of particular interest, see:
How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/2003pdf12.pdf
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/2003pdf12.pdf
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Try http://authorder.com/ which gives a comprehensive coverage of order of authorship
Deciding on authorship is tricky (and some say it is better to discuss this before the work starts); guidance exists on COPE website mentioned by Marina and also in ICMJE new guidelines (which most journals follow) http://www.icmje.org/.
Using a group name as a collective author and listing names has problems with indexing articles in databases such as pubmed. Many journals now move towards specifying contributions of all authors (and of those who also contributed but do not qualify as authors).
In general in clinical research, the first and last author are most valued. Sometimes you see a note in the article saying that first 2 authors contributed equally.
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