Costas Rodrigo, Bordons María
Scientometrics. 2011 Jul;88(1):145-161. doi: 10.1007/s11192-011-0368-z. Epub 2011 Mar 20.
Scientific authorship has important implications in science since it reflects the contribution to research of the different individual scientists and it is considered by evaluation committees in research assessment processes. This study analyses the order of authorship in the scientific output of 1,064 permanent scientists at the Spanish CSIC (WoS, 1994-2004). The influence of age, professional rank and bibliometric profile of scientists over the position of their names in the byline of publications is explored in three different research areas: Biology and Biomedicine, Materials Science and Natural Resources. There is a strong trend for signatures of younger researchers and those in the lower professional ranks to appear in the first position (junior signing pattern), while more veteran or highly-ranked ones, who tend to play supervisory functions in research, are proportionally more likely to sign in the last position (senior signing pattern). Professional rank and age have an effect on authorship order in the three fields analysed, but there are inter-field differences. Authorship patterns are especially marked in the most collaboration-intensive field (i.e. Biology and Biomedicine), where professional rank seems to be more significant than age in determining the role of scientists in research as seen through their authorship patterns, while age has a more significant effect in the least collaboration-intensive field (Natural Resources).
科学署名在科学界具有重要意义，因为它反映了不同科学家对研究的贡献，并且在研究评估过程中会被评估委员会所考虑。本研究分析了西班牙科学研究高级理事会（CSIC）的1064名终身科学家在1994年至2004年期间科学产出中的署名顺序。在生物学与生物医学、材料科学和自然资源这三个不同研究领域，探讨了科学家的年龄、专业职级和文献计量学特征对其在出版物署名中姓名位置的影响。年轻研究人员和职级较低者的署名有强烈的趋势出现在首位（初级署名模式），而更资深或职级较高者，他们往往在研究中发挥监督作用，按比例更有可能在最后署名（高级署名模式）。专业职级和年龄在分析的三个领域中对署名顺序都有影响，但存在领域间差异。署名模式在合作最为密集的领域（即生物学与生物医学）尤为明显，在该领域，从署名模式来看，专业职级在决定科学家在研究中的角色方面似乎比年龄更为重要，而年龄在合作最不密集的领域（自然资源）影响更为显著。
