Tuesday, 24 November 2015

publications - What are the challenges to publishing a paper when you have a huge number of collaborators?


Following on from this question, I'm really curious to know about the logistics of large scale collaborations when it comes to publishing a paper that everyone has some contribution to.


To summarise, the recently published paper on the detection of gravitational waves had an author list with over 1000 names and 133 institutions. The sheer number of people involved would make publishing a single paper somewhat less straightforward than, say, a small research group based at a single institution.


So, to my questions:





  • What were the logistical challenges of having over 1000 authors/collaborators when it came to publishing a single paper?




  • How were these challenges overcome?




I want to make this question as specific and answerable as possible, so please edit this question as appropriate.




No comments:

Post a Comment

evolution - Are there any multicellular forms of life which exist without consuming other forms of life in some manner?

The title is the question. If additional specificity is needed I will add clarification here. Are there any multicellular forms of life whic...