tpoacher 5 days ago

Yes but you'd still cite the paper as "as shown in FirstFirstAuthor et al (2024)" which rather defeats the purpose. And citing as "FirstFirstAuthor and SecondFirstAuthor and [...] et al" is both impractical and petty.

Which is what caused the whole "race to first authorship" mentality in the first place.

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Der_Einzige 4 days ago

No, you cite the very first author only. The "multiple first author" stuff is for when you talk about your paper to others.