Solving the Battle of First-Authorship: Using Interactive Technology to Highlight Contributions

AC BD; Christine Bauer; Afsaneh Doryab

doi:10.1145/2851581.2892582

Solving the Battle of First-Authorship: Using Interactive Technology to Highlight Contributions

AC BD, Christine Bauer, Afsaneh Doryab

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Abstract

Human-Computer Interaction research is traditionally collaborative. However, the current authorship model – i.e., placing authors’ names in a particular order – makes the contributions of collaborators who are not the “first author” (or not mentioned) less visible which negatively affects career paths. Still, if smaller and larger contributions are equally rewarded with a “good” position in the author list, a researcher’s achievements may be overrated. We suggest a solution with interactive technology to highlight contributions. The benefits include high visibility of contributions, in-situ access to in-depth researcher profiles, in situ access to similar work by the contributors, and low incentive for artificial credits.

Original language	English
Pages	609-620
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892582
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, United States Duration: 9 May 2016 → 12 May 2016

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Conference	2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	9/05/16 → 12/05/16

Keywords

Authorship; first author; contributor model; visualized contributor model; contribution; interactive technology

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