How internet-mediated research changes science

Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 268-294

  Reips, Ulf Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84923510567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511813740.013     Document Type: Chapter

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