Same first name and second name of two authors in one paper??? - (Mar/21/2013 )

Hi..

This is heights of coincidence but there are two people of same first name and second name in my lab. Both of them worked equally for one publication and morally both own it..

The problem is how to write their names as both first name and second name are same??? The computer everytime takes it as an anomaly and erases the name written twice......

What to do please suggest

Thanks

mansi368 on Thu Mar 21 17:28:22 2013 said:

Use an initial of their middle name? Even if one of them has that.. you can use it.

Or dont put them next to eachother?
Or use a sign next to their name that means: contributed equally for example *1 next to the first name and *2 next to the second

pito on Thu Mar 21 17:37:26 2013 said:

This is a pretty interesting situation. I agree with Pito that you should use "contributed equally to manuscript" The best part is: when you state "contributed equally" one person gets shafted and their name is not first and everyone reads the citation as "lucky person et al." But in your very odd case, it doesnt matter who is listed first! Everyone wins.

mansi368 on Thu Mar 21 17:28:22 2013 said:

The problem is how to write their names as both first name and second name are same??? The computer everytime takes it as an anomaly and erases the name written twice......

What to do please suggest

 

For anyone reading this in the future, the auto-correct features of any software program you use to enter text can be adjusted or turned off. How to do this can be found by searching for "turn off auto-correct " using your favoured search engine.