I find a lot to admire about what Ubel is suggesting in this short article. His main point is that Psychology would reduce authorship controversies by adopting the model used in Medical publication of research. That is: Younger authors, who usually are doing the predominance of day-to-day work and writing on the article, should be first author and the most senior person overseeing the research lab should be last author. He says Tenure committees for physician researchers actually expect more advanced faculty to be sliding to increasingly later positions in the authorship and that too many first authorships is considered a mark against you.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2563 -- Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
