First of all, let's solve the first question: how is the order of authors stipulated in the paper?
0 1. Generally speaking, authors rank is mainly based on the actual contribution to the paper: the higher the author's contribution to the paper:
02. Special circumstances: Some authors of SCI papers may be influenced by various non-objective factors in the actual ranking operation:
For example, when applying for doctoral degrees and academic titles in China, there are often strict regulations on the thesis authors rank.
For example, one of the defense conditions for doctoral dissertations in science and engineering in some universities is to publish SCI papers, and the published SCI papers must meet the requirements that the first author is a doctoral student or the tutor is the first author and the second author is a doctoral student. Otherwise, it is useless to publish more papers.
For example, if you are promoted to associate professor, the relevant documents of associate senior title will stipulate that one of the application conditions is the number of papers by the applicant's first author, and so on.
Secondly, let's solve the second question: What do you mean by a work, a correspondent and a final author?
First author (first author)
Obviously, the first author is regarded as the main finisher of the work described in the paper and the main undertaker of scientific research projects, and his popularity is extremely high. For example, when a paper is cited, the first author of the paper is ignored in all sci-tech journals, because the citation rules can stipulate that all non-first authors use the abbreviation of "et al". At this time, the first author will not get the box lunch as early as the protagonist in the movie or TV series.
Traditionally, the first author of a science and engineering paper is the one who writes the paper, and the person who writes the paper should have the qualification to write the content of the paper, that is, the first author personally participates in scientific research projects or experiments, collects data, does experiments and analyzes the results, and ta should be the main person who completes the project.
It is also a kind of plagiarism to write a paper with other people's works without the consent of those who have done scientific research projects.
As the first author of a paper, he is usually the main person who completes the project and writes the first draft. Usually, few people have completed a scientific research project and are willing to let others write relevant scientific papers. In nature, it is almost impossible to find an old hen who is pregnant for n months but lets others lay eggs. It is reasonable for the person who has completed the main work of the paper to write the first draft of the paper and be the first author, but how to operate it in specific circumstances.
corresponding author
Generally speaking, the correspondent is the tutor, the research decision-maker or the main organizer, and is the general person in charge of the project, responsible for the project funds, design and articles.
In the SCI papers I have written, if the first author and the correspondent author are not the same person, then the correspondent author is often placed at the end of the author information. According to some relevant information, the author of the communication can be anywhere, in other words, it can be the first, second to nth author.
In officially published papers, like "? Should indicate "reply to the author's email address: xxxx" or "reply to the author". Please indicate which author is a reporter.
Correspondents, as the name implies, are the authors who can communicate with them, mainly those who contact periodical editors when submitting papers (some periodical editors mainly contact the submission system for peer review before the papers are formally hired) and those who contact readers after the papers are published.
The identity of the paper correspondent is not only glorious, but also has its practical role. After the publication of the article, once there is a "problem" or "award", the first contact is the author. If it is easy to win the prize and the paper has problems, the author bears the brunt and is the main respondent.
Historic, the most important obligation of a correspondent is to shoulder the responsibility of the reliability of the paper, be responsible for all correspondence with the editorial department, and accept the consultation of readers. The ability of communication writers is to establish wider contacts with the outside world, so they can gain a lot of academic resources and prestige.
Last author (last author)
In addition to the first author and the response author, there is also the last author. The so-called last author is the last author, usually a tutor, research decision-maker or main researcher. If the SCI paper is written by a doctoral student, the common way to sign the last author is to write the name of the tutor, as long as the tutor is not the first author. Of course, the tutor can also be a correspondent, just mark it.
The above first author and correspondent author are not mutually exclusive, and the last author and correspondent author are not mutually exclusive. The first author and the last author must be mutually exclusive.
In short, SCI papers need to be signed according to various corresponding rules, and can't be casually. It is best for the author of the paper to decide the order of the Committee names of the co-authors before drafting the draft paper.
The difference between journalists and works:
Judging from the process of doing scientific research projects, then the first author is like a general manager (who has made the greatest contribution to the realization of research results and is the author of the first draft of the paper), and the correspondent is like a marshal who is strategizing (making projects, planning the general research direction and route, making overall arrangements, funding, laboratory and experimental equipment, etc.). ), or the first author is a bit like Party B who does concrete hard work, and the correspondent is a bit.
If the first author and the correspondent author are the same person, the problem of distinction can be ignored; Only when the first author and the correspondent author are not the same person should we emphasize the difference between the first author and the correspondent author.
As far as I know, when the author of SCI doctoral thesis is signed, the first author may be a student, while the correspondent author may be a tutor, or the second author may be a student, the correspondent author may be an assistant tutor, or the first author may be an assistant tutor, the second author may be a student, and the correspondent author may be a tutor.
If there are people who have helped or contributed to the SCI paper, but not enough to become the author, they can thank you at the end of the paper. After the signature of the paper is determined, the writing of the author information of the specific SCI paper needs to follow the established rules.
Third, emotional speech: Is there any paper that is not your own?
Let me tell you an interview with Times Higher Education:
"The final version of the paper was returned. The only change is that my boss's name is circled in red and an arrow pointing to the front row of the author list is attached. " From an Indian doctor: In an interview, he said that in the laboratory where he worked full-time, the laboratory director (PI) only made a "small contribution" to the project, corrected some grammar and spelling mistakes in the previous draft, and finally promoted himself to the main author.
The young scholar said, "It's unfair, but I can't help it." . My research career has just begun and I need to publish many papers. "He has his own reasons: publishing papers is crucial to ensuring a doctorate.