Authorship practices and institutional contexts in sociology: Elements for a comparison of the United States and France

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-243

  Pontille, David ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Authorship; International comparison; Scientific publication; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037243274     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243902250905     Document Type: Article

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