Drawing a line: Setting guidelines for digital image processing in scientific journal articles

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-392

  Frow, Emma K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital images; journal guidelines; objectivity; Photoshop; scientific publications; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862005087     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712444303     Document Type: Article

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