Authorship: Why not just toss a coin?

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Strange, Kevin ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CODING; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; RECOGNITION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; STANDARD; TRUST; WRITING; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; ETHICS; HISTORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

AUTHORSHIP; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

EID: 53449102439     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00208.2008     Document Type: Review

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