Publish (In a group) or perish (alone): The trend from single- to multi-authorship in biological papers

Scientometrics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 357-364

  Nabout, Joa˜Ocarlos ^a   Parreira, Micael Rosa ^a   Teresa, Fabrício Barreto ^a   Carneiro, Fernanda Melo ^a   Da Cunha, Hélida Ferreira ^a   De Souza Ondei, Luciana ^a   Caramori, Samantha Saloma˜o ^a   Soares, Thannya Nascimento ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botany; Ecology; Genetics; Non linear models; Zoology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925519128     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1385-5     Document Type: Article

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