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7Note that in medicine, the leading author is typically the last author. By insisting to change the order, you are trying to force the doctor to put you, in his/her fields standards, as the main author of the paper.– Nick SCommented Jan 10, 2017 at 13:20
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Agree with Nick. The senior author/grant procurer usually puts their name last - at least in my experience. However, in cases where the only contribution to the project was statistical analyses, I've also seen the statistician receive acknowledgement and not authorship. If you're uncomfortable with being listed as first author, you could always ask for the second option.– IndeCommented Jan 10, 2017 at 13:59
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Would a Contributions paragraph solve your uneasiness? - it would take care that there is no misrepresentation of what you did/didn't contribute to the paper. Obviously, in a 2 author paper there is no middle author position...– cbeleitesCommented Jan 10, 2017 at 16:12
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4Can you clarify: you say "First author," "Second author" and "Last author." Are there only two of you? Or more?– AJKCommented Jan 10, 2017 at 18:37
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There are more authors, but with little contribution– a statisticianCommented Jan 11, 2017 at 10:04
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