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Having last examined the phenomenon of multiauthor papers five years ago, ScienceWatch returns to assess the shifting population of papers whose listed authors number from the dozens to the thousands. The thresholds of “hyperauthorship” have reached new heights in recent years, driven in particular by one international undertaking in high-energy physics. View Article
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Vinay K. Pathak of the National Cancer Institute discusses his 2011 Science paper, “Recombinant origin of the retrovirus XMRV” in this Fast Breaking Paper commentary. From the interview: “Two studies in 2009 reported that xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV), a gammaretrovirus, is associated with a high percentage of human prostate cancers and chronic fatigue syndrome....” View Article