Sidhya Choudhary: First Author? Third Author? Or… No Credit At All?
Sidhya Choudhary, Assistant Professor at Dr. Sampurnanand Medical College, posted on LinkedIn:
”First author? Third author? Or… no credit at all?
When I submitted my first paper, I honestly believed:
“The corresponding author should count, right?”
Back then, just seeing my name in print felt like an achievement.
Until I read the fine print.
Under NMC guidelines, it doesn’t.
Only 1st, 2nd, or 3rd author get credit for promotions.
Only original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or case series count.
Only journals indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Medline, Science Citation Index, or DOAJ qualify.
So if you’re the 4th or 5th author – even after months of data collection, late nights, and endless edits – your work may be invisible.
And that stings. Because research is never a one-person job.
Patients, data, writing—the load always falls on many shoulders, not just three.
What can help?
– Talk about authorship early.
– Rotate leadership so juniors get 1st/2nd slots.
– Check indexing before you celebrate acceptance.
– Senior mentors guiding journal choice makes a huge difference.
The rules may not change overnight.
But how do we share credit? That can start with us.
Do you think current authorship rules truly reflect contribution – or is it time we rethink how credit is given?”
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