Harmonic coauthor credit: A parsimonious quantification of the byline hierarchy
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Highlights：
• Current formulas for calculated coauthor credit were assessed against empirical data.
• The harmonic formula explained nearly 97% of the variation in the empirical dataset.
• Fractional credit explained less than 40% of the variation.
• Equalizing bias explained the discrepancy between fractional and harmonic credit.
• Adding an extra parameter to the harmonic formula provided no substantial gain in explanatory power.
摘要
•Current formulas for calculated coauthor credit were assessed against empirical data.•The harmonic formula explained nearly 97% of the variation in the empirical dataset.•Fractional credit explained less than 40% of the variation.•Equalizing bias explained the discrepancy between fractional and harmonic credit.•Adding an extra parameter to the harmonic formula provided no substantial gain in explanatory power.
论文关键词：Byline hierarchy,Coauthor credit,Harmonic formula,Bibliometric bias,Parsimony
论文评审过程：Received 27 March 2013, Revised 28 May 2013, Accepted 26 June 2013, Available online 9 August 2013.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.06.005
