Publish and perish: A note on a collapsing academic authorship

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-153

  Täljedal, Inge Bert ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Important Intellectual Content; Medical Journal Editor; Moral Responsibility; Publishing Firm; Uniform Requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020242774     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5249-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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