Analysing more than 30K cell biology papers 📄, the authors found that after performance-based evaluation systems began emphasizing first and corresponding authorship, the number of co-first and co-corresponding authors increased substantially. :doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101838 Interestingly, team sizes did not grow in the same way = credit was simply redistributed among more researchers. #Scientometrics #ResearchEvaluation #Authorship #AcademicPublishing #ResearchPolicy