Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
Alphabetization and the skewing of first authorship towards last names early in the alphabet. |
Abstract | ||
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•Author alphabetization for two-author social sciences research articles is above the expected value for almost all social sciences.•The mean levels of alphabetization of research article authorship for two-author social sciences articles from 2010 and 1995 are very similar.•The percentage of multi-author articles in alphabetical order varies substantially between disciplines, from 4% to 67%.•Disciplines with a high percentage of two-author articles in alphabetical order tend to have first authors near the beginning of the alphabet.•The findings suggest that alphabetization may be affecting careers across most of the social sciences. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2013 | 10.1016/j.joi.2013.03.002 | Journal of Informetrics |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Scientometrics,Research evaluation,Collaboration | Computer science,Mathematics education,Scientometrics,Alphabetical order,Alphabet | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
7 | 3 | 1751-1577 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 0.84 | 7 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan M. Levitt | 1 | 219 | 11.67 |
| Mike Thelwall | 2 | 5497 | 310.16 |