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The hidden cost of chasing very long author lists on collaborative papers
Collaboration
Many-team collaborations produce long author lists. Long lists distribute credit but also create coordination overhead and diluted individual accountability. What practical guidance helps manage authorship volume in large collaborations?
Dylan Rogers, Donald Thomas and 21 others3 Comments-
Keep an explicit record of each participant’s concrete contribution from the start.
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Agree on authorship inclusion thresholds before the collaboration scales up too far.
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Long author lists are not automatically a sign of collaborative quality.
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