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В настоящей монографии научная коммуникация, то есть получение, развитие и
экспертиза научного знания, рассматриваются через сложное и неоднозначное …

Multiple authorship is the universal solution to multi-tasking in the sciences. Without a team,
each with their own set of expertise, and each involved mostly in complementary ways, a …

Fifty years ago in Science, D. McConnell argued that “for anything short of a monographic
treatment, the indication of more than three authors is not justifiable”(1). He was never cited …

Working in multidisciplinary teams has become a common feature of modern research
processes. This situation inevitably leads to the question of how to decide on who to …

Teamwork is an essential component of science. It affords the exchange of ideas and the
execution of research that can entail high levels of complexity and scope. Collaborative …

The existing credit allocation method of coauthored research paper could not tell the whole
story about who did what and the acknowledgment of different parts of the article. When an …

Accurate measurement of research productivity should take account of both the number of
co-authors of every scientific work and of the different contributions of the individuals. For …

Considering the fact that authorship order plays such a significant role as a basis for
scientific merit, this paper looks into the practices of authorship order from a research ethical …

Measuring the contribution of each author of a multi-author paper has been a long standing
concern. As a possible solution to this, we propose a list of intellectual activities and logistic …