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Pauline Mattsson

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Is correspondence reflected in the author position? A bibliometric study of the relation between corresponding author and byline position

Author

  • Pauline Mattsson
  • Carl Johan Sundberg
  • Patrice Laget

Summary, in English

Bibliometric indicators are increasingly used to fund and evaluate scientific research. Since the number of authors in a paper and the number of has increased it is difficult to determine the individual contribution of authors. Suggested approaches include the study of author position or the corresponding author. Our findings show that the corresponding author is most likely to appear first and then last in the byline. The results are dependent on number of authors in a paper and national differences exist. This underscores the need to take into account both the number of authors on a paper and their position in the byline to be accurate when measuring author contribution.

Publishing year

2011-01-01

Language

English

Pages

99-105

Publication/Series

Scientometrics

Volume

87

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Author impact
  • Author position
  • Co-authorship
  • Corresponding author

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0138-9130