Hope everyone is having a nice summer! I'm a rising MS2 doing research this summer, and I've been having a pretty good experience so far. I have one project of my own and it may/may not work out.
However, I'm curious about authorship on another two papers I've been working on. I just helped write and do data analysis for two manuscripts where I'll be 4th author (if it get published). There will be 7 authors total, including 4 med students who are authors 1-4 and authors 5-7 who are senior faculty mentors. I'm just wondering whether this is at all meaningful or since there are so many authors it basically won't count for anything since people will assume I was just "thrown on?" Obviously I'm a med student putting 3 months into research, not a faculty member trying to get tenure so my aims aren't quite as lofty nor is my committment on these papers great enough to be 1st or 2nd author. I'm just curious what people think about how residencies will see it. Personally I'm just psyched to be on something if it does end up getting accepted.
However, I'm curious about authorship on another two papers I've been working on. I just helped write and do data analysis for two manuscripts where I'll be 4th author (if it get published). There will be 7 authors total, including 4 med students who are authors 1-4 and authors 5-7 who are senior faculty mentors. I'm just wondering whether this is at all meaningful or since there are so many authors it basically won't count for anything since people will assume I was just "thrown on?" Obviously I'm a med student putting 3 months into research, not a faculty member trying to get tenure so my aims aren't quite as lofty nor is my committment on these papers great enough to be 1st or 2nd author. I'm just curious what people think about how residencies will see it. Personally I'm just psyched to be on something if it does end up getting accepted.
