Linking a research publication in CV I authored a research paper with a group for an internship last summer, which can be retrieved online. Is it worth providing a link to the paper on my resume, or is this unnecessary and a bit superficial? I also listed it as my only publication in a section for &quot;First author publications.&quot; Is this necessary to do if this is my only publication?
I think it is a good idea to include a link in the version of your CV that is likely to get read electronically, such as from your website or from an email.
However, you could put a small icon or short text to click the link, instead of showing the complete URL. This saves space, looks neater, and anyone who does not view your CV on a computer would likely search for the publication directly instead of typing in an URL, so that is unlikely to be of much use.
An alternative option is to mention a single source where all the papers can be found (such as Google Scholar, or your website) at the top of the section, optionally with a link, instead of providing links for individual publications.
For the second part of your question, just naming the section &quot;Publications&quot; should be sufficient, since the author list would be shown anyway, and you are not filtering your publications to a small strict subset where you are the first author.