Collaborating in life science research groups: The question of authorship

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-311

  Müller, Ruth ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; authorship; biology; career; collaboration; competition; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865269288     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2012.11     Document Type: Article

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