Authorship and Publication Practices in the Social Sciences: Historical Reflections on Current Practices

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-388

  Bebeau, Muriel J ^a   Monson, Verna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship credit; Codes of ethics; Education; Psychology; Publication ethics; Publication policies; RCR; Responsible conduct of research; Social sciences; Sociology

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; CODES OF ETHICS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 79959607826     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9280-4     Document Type: Review

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