Giving Credit Where Credit’s Due: Why It’s So Hard to Do in Psychological Science

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 888-892

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; citations; productivity; reliability; science; validity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; AUTHORSHIP; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 85002378007     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691616660155     Document Type: Article

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