Table 2. Types of publication and author order for the 10 most prolific authors in 4 medical specialties over 5 years (2008–12) on Medline.
| Publication types | Author position (N(%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auth. ID | Clin trial | Res art. | Case rep. | Editorial | Letter | Syst. rev. | Review | Total | Max/ year | 1st | Middle | Last |
| 1 | 61 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 149 | 38 | 16 (11) | 79 (53) | 54 (36) |
| 2 | 26 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 138 | 43 | 1 (1) | 106 (77) | 31 (22) |
| 3 | 34 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 138 | 35 | 6 (4) | 77 (56) | 55 (40) |
| 4 | 6 | 83 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 31 | 3 (2) | 47 (37) | 78 (61) |
| 5 | 46 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 124 | 27 | 0 (0) | 103 (83) | 21 (17) |
| 6 | 10 | 66 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 120 | 31 | 17 (14) | 101 (84) | 2 (2) |
| 7 | 26 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 119 | 25 | 1 (1) | 64 (54) | 54 (45) |
| 8 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 118 | 30 | 0 (0) | 70 (59) | 48 (41) |
| 9 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 113 | 33 | 5 (4) | 79 (70) | 29 (26) |
| 10 | 41 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 112 | 27 | 7 (6) | 46 (41) | 59 (53) |
Notes.
- Auth ID
- author identifier (rank of top 10 most prolific authors)
- Clin trial
- report of a randomized clinical trial
- Res art
- research article
- Case rep
- case report
- Syst rev
- systematic review