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Nature 442, 26 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442026d; Published online 5 July 2006
Second thoughts on who goes where in author lists
William F. Laurance1
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Panama
I thought I understood the guidelines for determining scientific authorship: the individual making the greatest intellectual contribution is the lead author, followed sequentially by those making progressively lesser contributions. In addition, the final-author slot is sometimes reserved for a lab head or project initiator, who may have made little direct contribution to the paper but deserves some vague honour nonetheless.
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