Alphabetization and the skewing of first authorship towards last names early in the alphabet
作者：
Highlights：
• 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.
摘要
•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.
论文关键词：Scientometrics,Research evaluation,Collaboration
论文评审过程：Received 9 November 2012, Revised 8 March 2013, Accepted 13 March 2013, Available online 15 April 2013.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.03.002
