Research paper authorship as an undergraduate: how does it happen?

Star_1
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:52:34 +0000

It depends. Many students at MIT do research as undergrads. Some don’t end up getting published at all, but others choose a lab during their freshman or sophomore year, find a project that really interests them, and stick with it for a couple of years. Those people are often the ones that find themselves getting published by the time they’re seniors. Some can even get 3rd or 2nd authorship, if they’ve contributed a lot to the project.