纵观李在Physical Review上发表的近100篇文章，不同单位的排列没有明显的规则（参见附例）。但除了与杨的那篇，其他都是同单位作者按姓氏英文字母的顺序排列的。

根据以上事实，我认为李认同的“国际惯例”是：

1. 同单位作者按姓氏英文字母的顺序排列;

2. 不同单位的排列通过协商确定。

因此，除了与杨的那篇，李的文章里作者的排名既不说明李过分在意排名，也不说明他有什么“高风亮节”。李只是遵守他认定的“国际惯例”而已。

附例：李与不同单位的合作者发表的一些文章

1. M. H. Friedman and T. D. Lee, Columbia University, New York, New York
R. Christian, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Physical Review, vol. 100, 1494 (1955)

2. E. M. Henley, University of Washington
T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Phys. Rev. 101, 1536 (1956)

3. T. D. Lee, J. Steinberger, Columbia University, New York, New York
G. Feinberg, P. K. Kabir, and C. N. Yang, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
Physical Review, vol. 106, 1367 (1957)

4. Kerson Huang and C. N. Yang, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
T. D. Lee, Columbia University, New York, New York
Physical Review, vol. 108, 1340 (1957)

5. J. Bernstein, T. D. Lee, and C. N. Yang, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
H. Primakoff, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
Physical Review, vol. 111, 313 (1958)

6. J. Bernstein, New York University
G. Feinberg and T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Phys. Rev. Lett. 11, 512 (1963)

7. F. Gursey, Institute for Advanced Study
T. D. Lee and M. Nauenberg, Columbia University
Phys. Rev. 135, B467 (1964)

8. J. Bernstein, New York University
G. Feinberg and T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Phys. Rev. 139, B1650 (1965)

9. Norman M. Kroll, University of California, San Diego
T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Bruno Zumino, New York Univeristy
Phys. Rev. 157, 1376 (1967)

10. T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Steven Weinberg, University of California, Berkeley
Bruno Zumino, New York Univeristy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 18, 1029 (1967)

11. S. D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
T. D. Lee, Columbia University
Phys. Rev. D 5, 1738 (1972)