The Ghost Collaborator

Accountability in Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-51

  Shaw, David ^a   Elger, Bernice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Authorship; conflict of interest; justice in research; misconduct in research; research integrity; science funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989847924     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2016.1207535     Document Type: Article

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