Publication ethics: Whose problem is it?

Insights: the UKSG Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-299

  Wager, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Sideview   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878881155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.294     Document Type: Article

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