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... effects the first author.I am in the process of completing my writing for my PhD and will be submitting my papers to the journal shortly. I would like to understand more how the number of authors on a paper affects the viewed contribution of the first author.I have two situations at present:1. A girl (graduate) spent 1 day doing some experimental tests for me (some O2 measurements from solutions) for a particular paper. I decided to also use the results of those tests on a second paper. Should I include the girls name on both papers? Is one day’s work sufficient to warrant addition to both papers which took many many months of experimental work and writing to complete?2. One of my papers was done with funding from a company, the guy from the company already has his name on the paper because he is an expert in the field and will review and contribute to the paper in that way. However, he also would like to ask some of his colleagues to review, I have a feeling that this is so their names can also be added to the paper. Is this common practice? I am reluctant to add them unless they contribute sufficient theory (or experimental results) which would add to the paper because I am of the view that the more authors on the paper detracts from the first author. Am I correct?I have seen papers, some with numerous authors, how does this affect the view of the first authors' contribution?Thanks for any insights on this!