The Impact of Byline Order of Corresponding Author - A Preliminary Study

Zhang, Yingyi; Lu, Chao; Zhang, Chengzhi

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Title

The Impact of Byline Order of Corresponding Author - A Preliminary Study

Author(s)

• Zhang, Yingyi
• Lu, Chao
• Zhang, Chengzhi

Issue Date

2018

Keyword(s)

• authorship contributions
• corresponding author
• collaboration

Abstract

Corresponding author (C-Au) holds an important position in byline order. Some papers have analyzed the contribution of C-Au, but they do not consider the variation in different byline order. Furthermore, some studies use ques-tionnaire and found that people perception on other authors’ contribution would be influence by the byline order of C-Au, but the real situation remains unclear. Thus, this poster aims to analyze two questions: (1) What kind of byline order do C-Au have and are their contribution influenced by their by-line order? (2) Are other authors contributions influenced by the byline order of C-Au? Three main findings emerge: firstly, the last author are not always to be C-Au; following with the decline of byline order of C-Au, the contribution of C-Au deceases; finally, as the byline order of C-Au changes, other authors’ contribution change significantly. For instance, second author has the lowest contribution when the last author is C-Au.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2018 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100241

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Copyright 2018 is held by Yingyi Zhang, Chao Lu, Chengzhi Zhang. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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