If I'm not mistaken, this whole startup is essentially valuing the contributions of authors and professors at zero.
The individual contributions of authors to the manuscript are as follows: ASM made substantial contribution to the conception and design, acquisition of data, data analysis, interpretation of data, gave final approval of the version to be published, and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Moreover, even if one gives extra bonus to first authorships, this does not solve the challenge of sorting contributions of authors in other positions.
The individual contributions of authors to the manuscript are as follow - AB: the main author who wrote the paper, designed the main theme, titles and subtitles.
The individual contributions of authors to this manuscript are; HJ, LW, ME Conception and design; HJ acquired the data; HJ, LW, ME analysed and interpreted the data; HJ drafted the article; HJ, LW, ME revised the article; HJ, LW, ME approved the final version.
The contributions of authors and other colleagues, locations of work conducted and cost sharing are detailed in Supplemental Text (Additional File 1), which contains citations of references 34-39 Additionalonal Files 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and is essentially an expanded version of Methods.
The contributions of author activity and productivity to the formation increase over time.
The left-shifting trend of the relation curves in three time periods (1999 2003, 2004 2008 and 2009 2013) over time shows the increasing contributions of author activity and productivity to the formation of the giant component.
Contribution of authors: NL defined the study question, reviewed the literature, contributed to the design of the analysis and interpretation of data, and wrote sections of the article.
The contribution of authors is as follows: NL conceived of the study question, reviewed the literature, contributed to the design of the analysis and interpretation of data, and wrote sections of the article.
