Science friction: Data, metadata, and collaboration

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-690

  Edwards, Paul N ^a   Mayernik, Matthew S ^b   Batcheller, Archer L ^a   Bowker, Geoffrey C ^c   Borgman, Christine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; communication; data; metadata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATION; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE;

EID: 80052821984     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711413314     Document Type: Article

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