Authorship: Attitudes and practice among Norwegian researchers

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nylenna, Magne ^a,b   Fagerbakk, Frode ^b   Kierulf, Peter ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Authorship; Dishonesty; Misconduct; Publishing; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONNEL; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WRITING;

ADULT; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84903426620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-53     Document Type: Article

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