Explaining field differences in openness and sharing in scientific communities

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 445-457

  Velden, Theresa ^a  

^a Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Field differences; Openness; Scientific collaboration; Scientific communication; Secrecy; Sharing

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD DIFFERENCES; OPENNESS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION; SECRECY; SHARING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84874904127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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