It seems so innocent. The list begins “Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J,…” These are the first few co-authors of a paper called “Search for Stopped Gluinos in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7 TeV.”And then the list goes on, and on, and on… with about 2100 co-authors total. And […]
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More Scientists Join Gangs
More and more, more and more scientists are ganging up to write research studies. It’s no longer unusual to see a paper that lists more than 500 – that’s five hundred – co-authors. The journal Science Watch tracks statistics about which scientists publish where, when and how often. Every few years, Science Watch makes a […]