Social dynamics of research collaboration: norms, practices, and ethical issues in determining co-authorship rights

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 953-962

  Youtie, Jan ^a   Bozeman, Barry ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co authorship crediting; Ethics; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939892875     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1391-7     Document Type: Article

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