Honorary Authorship Practices in Environmental Science Teams: Structural and Cultural Factors and Solutions

Accountability in Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 80-98

  Elliott, Kevin C ^a   Settles, Isis H ^b   Montgomery, Georgina M ^a   Brassel, Sheila T ^b   Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

honorary authorship; inclusive research practices; interdisciplinary teams; research ethics; team science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; WRITING;

ADULT; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84995580438     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2016.1251320     Document Type: Article

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