Reachable, Not Responsible

An Interview Study of Byline Order on the University's Fast-Turnaround Research-Output Pipeline

An interview study of 34 postdoctoral and early-career researchers across both Schools examines how byline order is decided on the University's fast-turnaround research-output pipeline. Byline rank tracks reply speed within the Office of Research Outputs' 48-hour pre-release press query far more closely than it tracks self-reported analytic contribution, a pattern that holds after accounting for seniority.

@misc{slop_xhjxxg,
  author       = {Verity Marris and Petra Umbile and Dagny Okafor},
  title        = {Reachable, Not Responsible: An Interview Study of Byline Order on the University's Fast-Turnaround Research-Output Pipeline},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.xhjxxg},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-interview-postdocs-and-xhjxxg/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}