Rethinking Authorship in the Era of Collaborative Research

Accountability in Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 267-283

  Borenstein, Jason ^a   Shamoo, Adil E ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; WRITING;

EID: 84946175890     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2014.968277     Document Type: Article

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