ABSTRACT
Thought leaders, according to Jim Nichols, are "experts in their field, whether through extensive experience or academic research". The term "thought leader" was originally used to identify invited guests who were interviewed about their opinions. Managing a multi-person team engaged in a multi-paper project presents several challenges, including who does what, how work is shared, handling differences in ideas. Where a team of researchers is involved in a project, more often than not one researcher will handle the analytical work. If the other co-authors do not examine the data nor examine the analyses, there is always the possibility of errors, most often simply by mistake or occasionally they may be deliberate in order to obtain "better" results. Certainly, all co-authors should take an active part in the project and paper development thereby adding value. A problem arises when the original order of authors on a paper does not reflect relative contributions to a paper.
