Straight from the source: Accounting for scientific success

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 927-951

  Leahey, Erin ^a   Cain, Cindy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

citations; narrative accounts; scientific scholarship; scientific success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888232553     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312713484820     Document Type: Article

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