Solo-Author Papers Are Booming, Reversing Decades-Long Trend — AI Blamed
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-08
A shared chart shows solo authorship in academic papers is booming, reversing a multi-decade trend of growing author counts per paper. The original poster speculates AI may be removing the need for collaborators.
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