Academic cross-pollination: The role of disciplinary affiliation in research collaboration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dhand, Amar ^a,b   Luke, Douglas A ^b   Carothers, Bobbi J ^b   Evanoff, Bradley A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS POLLINATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MODEL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WRITING; COOPERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MISSOURI; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRENDS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MISSOURI; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84955278490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145916     Document Type: Article

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