The ethics of scholarly publishing: Exploring differences in plagiarism and duplicate publication across nations

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-91

  Amos, Kathleen A ^a  

^a Public Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DUPLICATE PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGIARISM; PUBLISHING; PUBMED; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901392335     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.102.2.005     Document Type: Article

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