Why pursue the postdoc path?

Science

Volumn 352, Issue 6286, 2016, Pages 663-664

  Sauermann, Henry ^a,b   Roach, Michael ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HIGHER EDUCATION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CAREER PLANNING; FUNDING; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 84966318608     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2061     Document Type: Article

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