Lost in publication: How measurement harms science

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-11

  Lawrence, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citations; h index; Impact factors; Measurement; Scientific careers

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 44849104266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16118014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esep00079     Document Type: Article

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