- First author is junior author who makes most of the research such as graduate student.
- Co-authors ได้แก่
- Co-first author
- Last author is senior author/ senior investigator/ research advisor
- Corresponding author can be any author appearing in the list with an indicator e.g. # symbol depending on the paper formating rule. He/she will receive all editorial communications regarding the status of the manuscript, revisions, and reviews. All revisions and the dissemination of the reviewers’ comments and other manuscript information to co-authors are the corresponding author’s responsibility. (เพิ่มเติมที่ http://drjiw.blogspot.com/2012/03/corresponding-author.html)
- Co-corresponding author
ตำแหน่งของชื่อผู้เขียนที่สำคัญที่สุดคือ first author และ last author