Title:
Byline corruption can only be controlled by true stakeholders

Summary:
It is often a mystery as to why particular authors end up on the byline and others do not. Although there are conventions for byline order that are dependent on the subfield (head of the laboratory goes first or last; all authors go in alphabetical order, etc), there is plenty of evidence (see the literature[1] and articles cited therein) that it is practically impossible to tell which author on a byline did the majority of the work, who came up with the brilliant ideas, and to whom we owe the biggest honors. In other words, the byline is often corrupt.

Author(s):
Eugen Tarnow

Date:
09/28/2004

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