Authorship   Guiding Principles & Practices (cont.) 6 of 15
   

The relative merit attributed by the order of authors’ names differs among disciplines.

In some disciplines, the earlier a name appears in the list of authors, the greater the implied contribution -- in others, the order is reversed.

In some disciplines, the faculty advisor’s name rarely appears on a manuscript resulting from a student’s work, whereas in others the faculty advisor’s name is routinely listed.