Ethics of Using Language Editing Services in An Era of Digital Communication and Heavily Multi-Authored Papers

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-377

  Lozano, George A ^a  

^a Estonian Centre of Evolutionary Ecology   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Conflict resolution; Editing; English correction; Hiring policies; Multi authorship

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; WRITING;

EID: 84910640722     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9451-6     Document Type: Article

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