Update papers.html

Author: learning2hash

papers.html

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ <h3 class="title">${titleHTML}</h3>
         paging: false,
         searching: true,
 
-        // Default sort: Year ↓ (newest first), then Citations
+        // Base sort; will be overridden by our custom sort logic in initComplete
         order: [[2,'desc'], [3,'desc']],
         columnDefs: [
           { targets: [5,6,7], visible: false, searchable: false },
@@ -542,28 +542,32 @@ <h3 class="title">${titleHTML}</h3>
             const applySort = (mode) => {
               switch (mode) {
                 case 'year_desc':
+                  // Year ↓ (newest first) – publication year
                   datatable.order([[2, 'desc'], [3, 'desc']]).draw(false);
                   break;
                 case 'year_asc':
+                  // Year ↑ (oldest first)
                   datatable.order([[2, 'asc'], [3, 'desc']]).draw(false);
                   break;
                 case 'cites_desc':
+                  // Citations ↓
                   datatable.order([[3, 'desc'], [2, 'desc']]).draw(false);
                   break;
                 case 'cites_asc':
+                  // Citations ↑
                   datatable.order([[3, 'asc'], [2, 'desc']]).draw(false);
                   break;
                 case 'default':
                 default:
-                  // "Newest & NEW first": NEW flag + added_ts, then Year + Citations
+                  // Newest & NEW first → NEW flag, then ingestion timestamp, then year & citations
                   datatable.order([[6,'desc'], [5,'desc'], [2,'desc'], [3,'desc']]).draw(false);
                   break;
               }
             };
 
-            // Start with Year ↓ (newest first) as the default sort
-            sortEl.value = 'year_desc';
-            applySort('year_desc');
+            // Start with "Newest & NEW first" as the default sort
+            sortEl.value = 'default';
+            applySort('default');
 
             sortEl.addEventListener('change', () => applySort(sortEl.value));
           }