Hidden in the Middle: Culture, Value and Reward in Bioinformatics

Minerva

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 471-490

  Lewis, Jamie ^a   Bartlett, Andrew ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Culture; Disciplines; Interdisciplinarity; Reward; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978128785     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: 15731871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-016-9304-y     Document Type: Article

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