How Does One “Open” Science? Questions of Value in Biological Research

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 280-305

  Levin, Nadine ^a   Leonelli, Sabina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic disciplines and traditions; archiving and collecting practices; governance; methodologies; methods; politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011966189     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243916672071     Document Type: Article

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