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Nature 452, 282 (20 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452282e; Published online 19 March 2008

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Qualities of a lone author are beneficial to science

Kevin Hallock1

  1. Boston University School of Medicine, 650 Albany Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA

Mott Greene's Essay 'The demise of the lone author' (Nature 450, 1165; 2007) highlights the proliferation of multiple-author papers over the past century. Although collaborative efforts are essential and properly result in papers with many authors, I believe that funding agencies and institutions should also encourage single-author papers.

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