翻阅美国的科技杂志,常常看到一篇论文后面的署名者能排成一长串。为什么一篇论文要这么多的署名者?这正是美国学术界的一个令人头痛的问题。以前,美国的科学研究基本上是由教授或研究人员亲自动手进行的,即使有助手或学生配合,充其量也不过一二人而已。二战后,美国推行了研究补助金制度,一些知名度高的学者往往能够获得相当数量的科研经费,因而可以聘请一二十人协助科研 Read through science and technology magazines in the United States and often see signatories behind a paper rank long. Why is there so much to be a signatory in a thesis? This is a troubling question in American academia. In the past, scientific research in the United States was largely hands-on by professors or researchers, aided by even assistants or students. After the Second World War, the United States implemented the research subsidy system. Some well-known scholars often get a fair amount of research funding, so they can hire 20 to assist in scientific research