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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lead author" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the primary writer or contributor of a document, research paper, or publication.
Example: "Dr. Smith served as a lead author on the groundbreaking study published in the journal."
Alternatives: "primary author" or "main author".
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A lead author brings us inside one working group.
MIT postdoc Johanna Scheuermann is also a lead author of the paper.
Kidambi is a lead author of a study reporting the technology, published today in Advanced Materials.
She is editor and a lead author of The Atlas of Global Conservation UC Presss, 2010).
Gonzalez will be a lead author for a chapter about ecosystems.
Kawamura is a lead author of the study and headed the clinical aspects of the research.
He is a lead author of the "State of the Carbon Cycle Report," a study requested by the U.S. Congress.
Wehner is a lead author of several sections of the NCA, released today by the White House.
Candise was also a lead author in a related project that was presented at Ocean Sciences Meeting in 2012.
Associate Adjunct Professor Patrick Gonzalez will serve as a lead author on the IPCC's next major climate change assessment.
Sweeney is a lead author of a study appearing in Nature Communications that models mortality from sepsis.
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