I. Different definitions

Correspondent: refers to the general person in charge of the project, who is responsible for the funding, design, writing and checking of the project. Is the contact person for articles and research materials. Most importantly, I am responsible for the reliability of the article. Responsible for all correspondence with the editorial department and accept readers' consultation. In fact, from the perspective of intellectual property rights, the research results are regarded as the communication author's.

First author: How people want to be the first author when browsing periodicals and evaluating professional titles. Because the first author has made the greatest contribution to innovative scientific research achievements. At the same time, the chain effect and effect are also the most.

Second, different rights.

Reporter: The author of the most refined article is generally responsible for all liaison work during the submission of the paper, and it is revised until it is accepted for publication. The correspondent should be the undertaker of the newspaper's external responsibility.

First author: In most cases, when master students and doctoral students publish scientific research papers, the first author is their own tutor, which is not only unconventional, but also reasonable. Because the situation is often that the research topic is the tutor's, and the paper is completed under the guidance of the tutor. At this time, whether from the moral point of view or from the perspective of rights, the signature of the tutor is the first.

Paper publishing function:

1, title evaluation (promotion of title): graduate students need to graduate; When teachers, medical staff, personnel of scientific research institutes and employees of enterprises are promoted to a higher level, publishing periodical papers is a necessary reference index.

2. Application for funds and projects: When the education, science and technology and health systems apply for projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, other fund projects and various research projects every year, the papers are published as a conclusive display of the research results completed by the funds or projects.

3. Research in basic fields all over the world, such as medicine, mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences and other fields. Publicly publishing papers is a display and report of the latest scientific research achievements and research methods. Promote the scientific and technological progress of the whole society.