Collaboration among scholars has emerged as a significant characteristic of contemporary science. As a result, the number of authors listed in publications continues to rise steadily. Unfortunately, determining the authors to be included in the byline and their respective order entails multiple difficulties which often lead to conflicts. Despite the large volume of literature about conflicts in academia, it remains unclear how exactly it is distributed over the main socio-demographic properties, as well as the different types of interactions academics experience. To address this gap, we conducted an international and cross-disciplinary survey answered by 752 academics from 41 fields of research and 93 countries that statistically well-represent the overall academic workforce. Our findings are concerning and suggest that authorship credit conflicts arise very early in one's academic career, even at the level of Master and Ph.D., and become increasingly common over time.

翻译：合作已成为当代科学的重要特征之一。因此，学术论文中标注的作者数量持续稳步上升。然而，确定应纳入署名栏的作者及其排列顺序存在多重困难，这常常导致冲突。尽管关于学术冲突的文献数量庞大，但学术界在主要社会人口学属性上的冲突分布情况，以及科研人员所经历的不同类型互动，仍不明确。为弥补这一研究空白，我们开展了一项国际跨学科调查，共有来自41个研究领域、93个国家的752名科研人员参与回答，该样本在统计上能较好地代表全球学术劳动力群体。我们的研究结果令人担忧：论文署名荣誉冲突在科研人员职业生涯早期阶段（甚至在硕士和博士阶段）就已频繁出现，并随着时间推移愈发普遍。