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==Order of authors in a list==
 
==Order of authors in a list==
Rules for the order of multiple authors in a list vary significantly from field to field, though they are more often consistent within a field of research. <ref name= Kennedy>Kennedy, D. (1985) On Academic Authorship.  Stanford University Research Policy Handbook Document 2.8. Accessed 04-07-2007. [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/2-8.html]</ref> Some fields list authors in order of their degree of involvement in the work, with the most active contributors listed first.  Others list them alphabetically.<ref>Stubbs, C. ''Nature'' 388, 320 (24 July 1997); doi:10.1038/40958 .</ref>  Biologists tend to place a supervisor or lab head last in an author list; organic chemists might put him or her first.<ref>Pearson, H. Credit where credit's due. Nature 440, 591-592 (30 March 2006) doi:10.1038/440591a</ref>
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Rules for the order of multiple authors in a list vary significantly from field to field, though they are more often consistent within a field of research. (Kennedy, D. (1985) On Academic Authorship.  Stanford University Research Policy Handbook Document 2.8. Accessed 04-07-2007. [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/2-8.html]) Some fields list authors in order of their degree of involvement in the work, with the most active contributors listed first.  Others list them alphabetically.(Stubbs, C. ''Nature'' 388, 320 (24 July 1997); doi:10.1038/40958) Biologists tend to place a supervisor or lab head last in an author list; organic chemists might put him or her first.(Pearson, H. Credit where credit's due. Nature 440, 591-592 (30 March 2006) doi:10.1038/440591a)
    
== Responsibility of authors and of coauthors ==
 
== Responsibility of authors and of coauthors ==

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