How many authors does it take to publish a high profile or classic paper?

Mol Biol Cell · 2022 · PMC9635298 · PMID 36137240

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a clear trendno p-value reported

Looking at major journals in life sciences over the last 20 years, a clear trend emerges of the number of authors for a given research paper.

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