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科技出版中字母署名使用的实证分析

An empirical analysis of the use of alphabetical authorship in scientific publishing

Ludo Waltman

摘要:

科学出版物的作者可以通过不同的方式确定其姓名的排列顺序。有时作者的名字只是简单地列出来。在其他情况下,作者身份顺序是根据作者对出版物的贡献确定的。基于贡献的作者身份可以促进适当的信用分配,例如将大部分信用给予第一作者。在按字母顺序的作者的情况下,没有什么可以推断出不同作者对出版物的相对贡献。在本文中,我们提出了一个实证分析的使用字母作者在科学出版。我们的分析涵盖了所有科学领域。我们发现,随着时间的推移,字母作者的使用正在下降。2011年,只有不到4%的出版物的作者故意选择将自己的名字列在名单上。字母作者的使用在数学、经济学(包括金融)和高能物理学中最为常见。此外,在作者人数较少或较多的出版物中,按字母顺序署名的做法相对更为常见。

英文摘要:

There are different ways in which the authors of a scientific publication can determine the order in which their names are listed. Sometimes author names are simply listed alphabetically. In other cases, authorship order is determined based on the contribution authors have made to a publication. Contribution-based authorship can facilitate proper credit assignment, for instance by giving most credits to the first author. In the case of alphabetical authorship, nothing can be inferred about the relative contribution made by the different authors of a publication. In this paper, we present an empirical analysis of the use of alphabetical authorship in scientific publishing. Our analysis covers all fields of science. We find that the use of alphabetical authorship is declining over time. In 2011, the authors of less than 4% of all publications intentionally chose to list their names alphabetically. The use of alphabetical authorship is most common in mathematics, economics (including finance), and high energy physics. Also, the use of alphabetical authorship is relatively more common in the case of publications with either a small or a large number of authors.

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