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[pyrephox]

I...love my adviser.

Oh, how I love. My next semester will be filled with researchy goodness, since she accepted my Independent Study. And she wants to help me publish the finished product in an actual journal, either at the end of the semester or later on once I've had a chance to test run the idea a few times. (And with me as first author!) And it is so very wonderful to talk to her. She's enthusiastic and knowledgeable, and...talking to her is like what my dream of college was like. Being in a place where you could discuss and research what you loved, be challenged on your ideas, and grow and learn.

So. Very. Cool.

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[pyrephox.livejournal.com]

It depends. If a research topic is a student's idea, and they do the majority of the work, then they /should/ be first author. If they're a graduate assistant who is aiding with a professor or department's work, then they should be farther down the list. Unfortunately, the pressure for professors to publish will sometimes encourage them to persuade students to give them first authorship on what is mostly the student's ideas and work. This is unethical, of course.

And, happily, my professor is a good professor! She is really very nifty.