What is hyperauthorship? | Laura's Dark Archive

"Historically, authorship of a journal article referred to those who contributed to the writing of the document.  More recently (and especially in the sciences because of the nature of the subject) authorship attribution is extended to a larger number of people who have contributed to the research behind the article.  Hyperauthorship refers to articles with more than 50 authors.  This 2015 physics paper lists over 5,000 authors."