Is the nobel prize good for science

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4682-4690

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Fang, Ferric ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NOBEL PRIZE; PEER REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 84890538650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-238758     Document Type: Article

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