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Objective The majority of medical journals rely on the order of authors and who is listed as corresponding author to convey authors’ contributions. How readers interpret authors’ roles based on authorship order and corresponding author remains uncertain. We explored how, on the basis of authorship order and designation of corresponding author, academic leaders perceive authors’ contributions to research.