Why choose this one? Factors in scientists' selection of bioinformatics tools

Information Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bartlett, Joan C ^a   Ishimura, Yusuke ^a   Kloda, Lorie A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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