Is correspondence reflected in the author position? A bibliometric study of the relation between corresponding author and byline position

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Mattsson, Pauline ^a   Sundberg, Carl Johan ^a   Laget, Patrice ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Author impact; Author position; Co authorship; Corresponding author

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952007227     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0310-9     Document Type: Article

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