Who Rules the Ruler? On the Misconduct of Journal Editors

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-128

  Teixeira, Aurora A C ^a,b   da Costa, Mariana Fontes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b

^c Portugal

Author keywords

Editorial misconduct; Ethics; Law; Regulatory bodies; Scientific research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958110501     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-010-9107-y     Document Type: Article

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