Authorship Matrix: A Rational Approach to Quantify Individual Contributions and Responsibilities in Multi-Author Scientific Articles

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-361

  Clement, T Prabhakar ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Author rank; Authorship; Authorship quantification; Authorship responsibility; Co authorship; Multi author article; Responsible conduct of research (RCR); Scientific authoring

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; WRITING;

EID: 84879400492     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9454-3     Document Type: Article

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