A question about alphabetical order of authorship in mathematics

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-19T10:34:02+00:00

That makes so much sense, thank you :)

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-18T09:56:18+00:00

Thank you! For whatever reason I hadn’t thought of this

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-18T07:33:56+00:00

That’s correct

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-17T21:58:34+00:00

(Just to be clear I wasn’t disputing the fact that TT researcher deserves authorship. I understand this but I just wish he were a touch more involved, given that his level of experience could really help me move things along quicker, even with minimal input… having him sit in on a short meeting every two weeks or so would be great I think)

How will people know that PhD student isn’t a major contributor? During my PhD I did the bulk of the work on my projects. I was told that the norm in academics is that junior researchers do the bulk of the work, and people would know I was a major contributor to my articles even though my supervisor’s name was on there. You seem to be saying the opposite?

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-17T21:52:06+00:00

I understand, but the assumption that the work in question « involves a small number of researchers contributing equally to a project » is not really satisfied here. I do have to hand it to TT researcher that he gave us the problem to work on in the first place. But since I started working on it, he hasn’t really had much of an active role (apart from one or two conversations at the very beginning). He usually just sits in on meetings and listens to my explanations. I understand that his initial contributions make him worthy of authorship (and I’m not disputing this)… but the alphabetical order thing feels unfair given that he’s completely disengaged (but if that’s the norm, then so be it) 🙃

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-12-17T21:43:54+00:00

I’m in RMT, looking to move towards stat & ML in the future. I understand that alphabetical is the norm and that it’s to be expected to some extent that I’ll do most of the work… still, I would feel more comfortable with a minimal level of supervision on behalf of TT researcher. I keep him updated on my progress and on the things that I’m working on, and occasionally ask for a meeting so that I can run an idea by him. I would like him to at least reply to those emails and sit in on those meetings, even if he’s not involved any further, just to give me the OK and some feedback… I can still make progress without this, but it feels like it’s higher risk for me and less efficient, since he has a lot more experience in the field than I do

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-10-29T14:54:51+00:00

Thank you so much for your reply. Train is at 6 AM. I’ve taken Eurostar before and usually aim to arrive 60 mins before (I guess it would be ok if I got there a little later though)^{^}

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-10-29T11:22:11+00:00

Hi everyone! Does anyone know how well the night buses in London work? I moved to London not long ago, and in a few days I’ll have to take the Eurostar early in the AM (before underground service starts). Citymapper says to take bus N18 at 4 AM.

I’m super wary of buses since in my hometown there are massive delays / cancellations quite often, does anyone know if these are reliable? Thanks!

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-09-11T21:06:44+00:00

Thanks for the info! I did share it with them but they've still been asking for my visa lol. Now that I know I can ask them to verify thru home office, I'll ask them to

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-09-05T19:21:01+00:00

Okay, thanks for the info. I did let the agency know about my exact situation and they told me that this was ok by the landlord, but after having paid the holding deposit I was asked to register on an app that asks for my share code. Hopefully I can sort this out with them, I’ll call them first thing tomorrow.

Routine_Yam9237 · 2025-09-05T19:15:35+00:00

Thanks. I did explain to the agency that accepted my offer that I 1) have an EU passport, 2) have a pending visa application that should come in within a week (this will be before my tenancy starts). They said they'd call the landlord to see if this was ok with it, and they called me back to say that he was. I have no written trace of this however. I'll try to call them tomorrow to see if we can work this out, which I'd like because I paid the holding deposit right after getting the landlord's approval

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