Timeline for Publishing with initial as first name & middle and last name spelled out in full
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| Sep 11, 2023 at 11:45 | answer | added | user1908704 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 11, 2023 at 4:03 | comment | added | Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda | J. Robert Oppenheimer comes to mind. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 13:24 | comment | added | Wastrel | @HagenvonEitzen It is indeed, but that's what the US government uses. I have had some cooperation with my name preference. It seems there are only 2 name fields on credit cards, and my bank was able to issue me a card saying "FirstInitial MiddleName LastName", I suppose by putting a space in the first field. Long ago I considered changing my name legally, but I'm too stubborn, I suppose. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 12:49 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | @Wastrel That being said, a rigid "Firstname MiddleInitial Lastname" structure in a database is of course a very bad idea - given that less than 20% of the world population live in countries with wide-spread middle-name traditions | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 2:20 | comment | added | llama | Apart from some minor hurdles, the author of this article seemed to have quite an illustrious career jstor.org/stable/23912844 | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 18:18 | comment | added | ofthelake | Thank you all for replying! @ChrisH that's a good point, I already go by my middle name in both my personal life and academic settings such as conferences so that's also another reason for me to want to use my middle name in publications. | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 17:44 | answer | added | Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 12:32 | comment | added | Wastrel | Many databases of names are set up rigidly as "Firstname MiddleInitial Lastname". I use my middle name and I have exclusively all my life, but official records (where you must present identification) will not contain your middle name, only the initial. I have had an official and officious person tell me, "To us, you are Firstname, no matter what you prefer." I suggested that she should call me Mr. Lastname and she notified security. Mr. @ofthelake, your problem is going to haunt you unless you use your Firstname and don't care what others think. Good luck. | |
| Sep 9, 2023 at 3:43 | answer | added | wjktrs | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 20:10 | answer | added | Alexander Betts | timeline score: 12 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 16:58 | answer | added | DoctorRobots | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 16:53 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Sep 8, 2023 at 14:36 | comment | added | Theoretician | @Buffy unconcious bias would be one potential problem. | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 13:54 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 27 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 13:27 | comment | added | Dave L Renfro | FYI, I've seen this many times (e.g. example), but overall I guess it's not all that common. | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 13:03 | history | edited | Sursula | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 8, 2023 at 12:29 | comment | added | Buffy | I'm not sure why an "obviously foreign sounding name" would be a problem. | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 11:29 | comment | added | Michael Greinecker | I've seen it before, but the person is generally addressed by their middle name. | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 11:28 | answer | added | Especially Lime | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 10:21 | answer | added | Louwe | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 9:59 | comment | added | Chris H | Also I have a vague recollection of an eminent scientist who did this. Dropping the first initial altogether is harder to spot, and reasonably common | |
| Sep 8, 2023 at 9:58 | comment | added | Chris H | How would you like to be introduced at a conference? How would you like to be addressed by (potential) colleagues? My opinion is that a lack of consistency between the names you use in different academic situations could be the biggest downside. | |
| S Sep 8, 2023 at 8:47 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Sep 8, 2023 at 8:47 | history | asked | ofthelake | CC BY-SA 4.0 |