Authorship in a small medical journal: A study of contributorship statements by corresponding authors

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-502

  Marušić, Matko ^a   Božikov, Jadranka ^a   Katavić, Vedran ^a   Hren, Darko ^a   Kljaković Gašpić, Marko ^a   Marušić, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Ethics; Publications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROATIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SAMPLE SIZE; WRITING;

EID: 4243201526     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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