The list is displayed in the order they were created, probably by a database id. That is not very useful to users. We can search for the publication we are looking for but why have to take those extra keystrokes when an alphabetized list would be more human-readable? Or give us a sort criteria that will "stick" and not resort to the ID sort when the page is refreshed.
Lynda Finley
We updated the Publications list to be sorted by alphabetical order in the 4.76 release on 7/26. Thank you for raising this idea!