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Using et al. for a last / senior author rather than for a first author
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Is it ethical for an author to cite their own work with themselves as first author when they are not first author?Does anyone have rate the relative quality of scientific papers, rather than authors?When should cited author names be included in the substantive, rather than parenthetical, part of a citing sentence?How do you respond when people talk about the possibility of profiting from, rather than the exciement of, your research?APA subsequant citation for two different studies with same first author and same yearHow to suggest merging papers with a more senior author?Using first name only for university email aliasCan an author refer to work they did jointly using the first person?How to connect distant with senior colleagues in their last PhD year?Letting another author know I'm using one of their results
Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future.
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Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future.
citations etiquette
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Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
5 hours ago
@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
4 hours ago
You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
– Azor Ahai
4 hours ago
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Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future.
citations etiquette
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Suppose a paper has authors A, B, C, and D. The first author, A, isn't in academia anymore, and much of my work is inspired by the senior author, D. I've also only communicated with author D.
Can I say/write "author D et al."?
When I looked this up, "first author et al." is the recommended version, but I would rather prefer to say "author D et al."
This isn't for a formal paper submission, but rather for something like a blog post describing my recent findings, which I hope will be published in the near future.
citations etiquette
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Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
5 hours ago
@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
4 hours ago
You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
– Azor Ahai
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Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
5 hours ago
@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
4 hours ago
You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
– Azor Ahai
4 hours ago
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Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
5 hours ago
Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
5 hours ago
@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
4 hours ago
@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
4 hours ago
You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
– Azor Ahai
4 hours ago
You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
– Azor Ahai
4 hours ago
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Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list.
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I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
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Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list.
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I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
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Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list.
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I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
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Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list.
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Your feelings and the journal citation rules might not align the way you want them to be. Therefore, I suggest you stick with the accepted norms and go with author a et al., even if it is an informal conversation or blog.
Using any author other than the first author in citation would not only do injustice to that author, but would also be a disservice to the readers. Readers would probably be confused when trying to find the bibliography of that citation in the reference list.
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I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
– kcrisman
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I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
– kcrisman
7 mins ago
I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
– kcrisman
7 mins ago
I've informally run into trouble doing something analogous - with no ill intent - so yes, proper citation is the right way to go.
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Please edit to use typical English capitalization and punctuation.
– Azor Ahai
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@AzorAhai k thnx i'll do that in a bit. how do u edit, btw? i dunno how to do it. plz tell me, k thnx
– user106769
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You've already edited to change the title. It's the same button.
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