CV Question

[knockoutMice]

Hey guys,

So in ERAS your publications get arranged in alphabetical order.

Would it be fine if I number them in order to highlight my most important publications?
Would I risk looked down upon if I do that? I just don't want my important research to get lost among my other case reports or trivial publications.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

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[TheBigCat]

Don't do that. People reading your ERAS CV will be able to figure out what's important.

 

[knockoutMice]

Thank you for the reply.
Can you please explain the reason behind your response? I would really appreciate it!

My rationality is that I have over 30 publications. A lot of them are either not related to my specialty or are case reports.
I strongly feel that interviewers won't have time time review the title of all the publications to decide which ones are relevant which ones are not.
Hence I wanted to put the most relevant ones at the top.

What would be the negative consequences of numbering my publications in a desired order?

 

[gutonc]

Thank you for the reply.
Can you please explain the reason behind your response? I would really appreciate it!

My rationality is that I have over 30 publications. A lot of them are either not related to my specialty or are case reports.
I strongly feel that interviewers won't have time time review the title of all the publications to decide which ones are relevant which ones are not.
Hence I wanted to put the most relevant ones at the top.

What would be the negative consequences of numbering my publications in a desired order?

I look for where your name is in the author list, then the journal, then the date. Those are the only things I really bother with.

 

[TheBigCat]

Agreed. If you have papers in Blood or JCO, people reviewing your application will find them. I don't think numbering will necessarily hurt you but its not standard.

 

[CD15]

I had another CV related question.

Would interviewer's care if I am the corresponding author on 90% of my publications?
I was thinking of putting a * on the corresponding author of each of my publications.

There's no way to mention what the * means in ERAS CV, but I can tell it to the interviewers if/when they ask me about it?

Being corresponding author I feel involves a lot of work and it would be nice if that effort is noted and appreciated?

What do you guys think?

 

[NotAProgDirector]

I honestly don't think it matters much either way. Programs that care about your pubs will review them all. Alphabetical ordering is pretty pointless -- ERAS should either sort them by date backwards (newest on the top), or allow you to sort them in whatever order you want.