Some scholars have considered hapax legomena important for attributing works to particular authors.

It was not uncommon in ancient time to attribute to celebrated authors works that were not written by them.

While on linguistic grounds nobody argues anymore that Saint Cyprian is the author, attempts have been made to attribute the work to other authors.

Occasionally in ancient times, writings were attributed to celebrated authors but were not written by them.

There was also some awareness that much of plane and spherical trigonometry could be attributed to Islamic authors".

Presently, JAMA states that article content should be attributed to authors and not the publisher.

Some are attributed to other authors.

However, this poem has been attributed to various authors, anonymous or otherwise, and its provenance has never been verified.

Henryk Łowmiański demonstrated that the list consists of two parts, which may be datable to different periods and attributed to distinct authors.

It has since been variously attributed to specific authors but without convincing evidence, and often appears under the title "The Centipede's Dilemma".