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  • How seriously do you think they are actually trying to rip you off? Can you not change authors yourself? Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 22:46
  • No, only the corresponding author can change. I was happy for them to be corresponding author but I expected myself to be first. I'm not sure if they are trying to rip me off or not. Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 22:48
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    Sounds to me like an application of Hanlon's razor. You'll likely have to sign a consent form before the paper can be published, and you can insist that it be fixed before that point. Your last paragraph about citations doesn't really make sense, that isn't the way things work. Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 22:57
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    I suspect a polite email to the editor forwarding your supervisor's comment and just saying "my advisor forgot to swap us" would be the easiest way to save face. Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 22:58
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    "I was still first in the author list of the submitted paper - ie. in the actual latex document" I think this is the list that matters. Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 4:26