ERAS Stupid Order of Publications

[medsRus]

I know that a lot of people said here in SDN that publications appear in the CAF/CV views haphazardly, however, it seems to be an even dumber ordering system: by authors. Why couldn't they just order by date (i.e. month/year)??? What buffoons.

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[salice]

your thread just saved me A LOT of time figuring out whether I'm dyslexic or why I can't get ERAS to show my stuff in order.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

I think one applicant added numbers to the beggining of the author line -- i.e:

1. Smith DH, Hughes DX. A new test for ....

This then "alphabetized" the list based on the numbers, and it was in the order they wanted.

I agree, though, that it's stupid. They should let you list them in whatever order you want.

 

[ResidentMD]

I think one applicant added numbers to the beggining of the author line -- i.e:

1. Smith DH, Hughes DX. A new test for ....

This then "alphabetized" the list based on the numbers, and it was in the order they wanted.

I agree, though, that it's stupid. They should let you list them in whatever order you want.

You rock. aProgDirector - that saved me a lot of headache. Its a pleasure to get your insight on the forum, not just for program director-like advice, but THIS! An idea from another applicant!

 

[Samoa]

I think one applicant added numbers to the beggining of the author line -- i.e:

1. Smith DH, Hughes DX. A new test for ....

This then "alphabetized" the list based on the numbers, and it was in the order they wanted.

I agree, though, that it's stupid. They should let you list them in whatever order you want.

That's what I did last year. I recall a huge discussion here about whether it was "ethical" or not, since it's not in accordance with the instructions. But it worked well, made the application easier to read, and the only comment I got about it was that it was a clever way to solve the problem.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

That's what I did last year. I recall a huge discussion here about whether it was "ethical" or not, since it's not in accordance with the instructions. But it worked well, made the application easier to read, and the only comment I got about it was that it was a clever way to solve the problem.

If society considers this unethical behavior, we have totally jumped the shark.

 

[mpdoc2]

so is the concensus to list them with a number at the beginning of authors?

 

[ResidentMD]

so is the concensus to list them with a number at the beginning of authors?

I'm doing it..I love the way my publications look now.

 

[PhakeDoc]

so is the concensus to list them with a number at the beginning of authors?

Ok, so my brain is fried and probably not thinking straight, but what happens when you have 10 or more in a category? 1-9 alphabetize in order, but it places the tenth item right after one since the increasing order is 1, 10, 11, 1x, 2, 3, 4, ...

God I wish I could just submit my own CV instead of this silly ERAS crap!

 

[ayanjoe]

If you have more than 10 publications to list, then number them starting with 01, 02, 03, etc... If you use 1, 2, 3, ... then ERAS will put them in this order 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... on the other hand if you use 01, 02 , 03 everything stays in order unless you go beyond 99! If you happen to have more than 99 pubs, then you should use 001, 002, 003 and so on! I doubt this would be necessary though! 🙂

GL