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And the Author Is...: Scholarly Articles

The author information is very important in a scholarly article. The author(s) are always listed in scholarly articles. Their credentials, academic and/or professional are listed. The authors are considered experts in their disciplines; they are usually professors, researchers or practitioners. Often, the article will have a contact (e-mail) to communicate with the author.

Sample author information:

Howard Spiro and Priscilla Waters Norton

Program for Humanities in Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520.

Correspondence: Howard Spiro, MD, Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510.

Email: howard.spiro@yale.edu.