Authorship |  | First author... |
|  |  | Authorship decisions should be based on significant contributions to the work performed in at least one of the following areas: theoretical development, concept, or design, execution, modeling or simulation of processes, analysis and interpretation of data, or preparation and revision of manuscript. As the faculty advisor was not actively involved in the study (he was on sabbatical for the majority of the study), listing him as first author appears to be a case of honorary authorship. Honorary authorship is strongly discouraged as it misrepresents the work of both the “honored” individual as well as co-authors.