Author, contributor or just a signer? A quantitative analysis of authorship trends in the field of bioethics

Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-220

  Borry, Pascal ^a   Schotsmans, Paul ^b   Dierickx, Kris ^b  

^a Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Authorship; Bioethics; Integrity; Publication ethics; Quantitative; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRITING;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 33745831571     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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