Philip Davis at The Scholarly Kitchen has commented on "The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider," an article that has over 2,900 authors.

Here's an excerpt:

Either the definition of authorship in high energy physics will need to change, or other methods for evaluating individuals will take dominance over publications. Collectively, this community will help draft new rules.

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