Sunday, September 4, 2016

My professor and I are writing a potentially high impact paper. Who should get the first authorship?

You are a freshman.  This is not worth fighting over.

Fighting for authorship is a stressful process, and at this stage of your career, your professor's goodwill and letter of reference is worth far more than a higher place on the author list.  Would you rather he see you as a second author who contributed above and beyond, or a first author who might not have done as much as the authorship ordering reflects?

If I were you I'd focus on your classes, and securing a second letter of reference from another professor.  You need three letters, and maybe the next guy will make you the first author.


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