coauthors
Joint book writers
Coauthors are people who write something together—a book, article, or paper.
The term is standard in academic and publishing contexts: The study had twelve coauthors.
As a verb, to coauthor is to share the writing: She coauthored the report with two colleagues.
Those who study systematically
- scholarsExperts in a field
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
contributors · dissertation · thesis · monograph · citation · bibliography · journal · conference
People who work jointly
- contributorsThose who give help
- ghostwritersHired anonymous authors
- screenwritersAuthors of film scripts
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
playwrights · lyricists · drafting · brainstorming · editing · revising · manuscript · dialogue
Joint venture participants
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- contributorsThose who give help
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
- duoTwo working together
trio · collective · ensemble · circle · network · fellowship · alliance · league
Shared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- co-creationJoint value development
contribution · feedback · brainstorming · drafting · revising · editing · dialogue · exchange
researchers
Those who study systematically
- scholarsExperts in a field
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
collaborators · contributors · dissertation · thesis · monograph · citation · bibliography · journal · conference · symposium
collaborators
People who work jointly
- contributorsThose who give help
- ghostwritersHired anonymous authors
- screenwritersAuthors of film scripts
novelists · playwrights · lyricists · drafting · brainstorming · editing · revising · manuscript · dialogue · storytelling
partners
Joint venture participants
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- contributorsThose who give help
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
duo · trio · collective · ensemble · circle · network · fellowship · alliance · league · guild
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
co-creation · contribution · feedback · brainstorming · drafting · revising · editing · dialogue · exchange · planning
- collaboratorspartner, cowriters, coworker, co-directors, co-producers
- science communicationscience writing, science journalism, press releases, explainers, public talks
- scientific publishingjournal articles, research papers, submissions, abstracts, citations
- citation metricscitations, percentile ranking, percentile, decile