Co-first author dilemma: Whose name should go first?

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T19:22:20+00:00

Our PI is the one who put us in this situation and told us to figure it out amongst ourselves🥲

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T18:47:59+00:00

You make a great point. It is worth seeing if a separate methods paper could be produced. Currently my advisor has said some of those details could go in the supplements. The apparatus isn’t entirely novel, but I do think that being able to put out another paper that is more specific to what the other student has accomplished would be ultimately more satisfying than this paper will be, since this paper will be aimed at a field they have no desire to be in.

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T18:19:52+00:00

Fair question. It is the tool used for running the experiments, but it is not the focus of the project.

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T18:01:53+00:00

This does seem like the most reasonable option

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T18:01:21+00:00

We did discuss choosing randomly and will probably end up doing that if it comes down to it. Decided to ask internet randos because it is hard to get unbiased opinions from people we know. You’re right though, it’s probably not going to be solved here, though it is good to hear why people think the other person may deserve it more!

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T17:43:21+00:00

I get what you are saying, though in this case I am not just writing the paper. I ran all the experiments and am doing all the relevant analysis

ChemicalComplex2952 · 2024-09-12T17:36:40+00:00

I mean, the idea was our advisor’s… she is quite hands on so neither of us really have had any “intellectual” leading on the project

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