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May 7, 2012 14:49
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English term

first author’s institutions

English Social Sciences International Org/Dev/Coop
Capacity building through fostering developing countries’ leadership in fighting neglected diseases of poverty and in vaccine development has continued. From 2010 to 2011, a number of small grants have supported in-country research studies, with some of those studies being published in peer-reviewed journals. A majority of publications’ **first author’s institutions** are from developing countries. Progress made in building countries’ capacity included the establishment of a training and technology transfer hub for vaccine adjuvants and provision of training and technology to two developing countries.

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4 +3 institutions with which the main author of the study is affiliated
3 the principal institution that the author belongs to

Discussion

Charles Davis May 7, 2012:
The double possessive makes it awkward. It would be clearer like this, for example: "A majority of the lead authors of (these) publications are from institutions in developing countries" (or "belong to" instead of "are from"). "Lead author" is the standard term for the "first author" -- the first named author -- of an academic publication.

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institutions with which the main author of the study is affiliated

Usually universities, institutes, think tanks... :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Trudy Peters : That's how I see it
57 mins
agree Charles Davis : Often called the "lead author" (the first named). And probably "the institution", since most people belong to just one. I think it's plural simply because "publications" is plural. For consistency, it should really say "first authors' institutions".
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agree Andreas Hild
11 hrs
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the principal institution that the author belongs to

This sentence in English has been put together in a way that leaves a margin of doubt. Does the "first" refer to first-time authors, or to the authors' principal institution? I think that the latter interpretation makes more sense in the context.
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