The many hands of science: Commonalities and differences in the research contributions of authors and subauthors

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 591-606

  Sundling, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acknowledgements; Authorship; Bibliometrics; Collaboration; Contributorship; Subauthorship

Indexed keywords

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; COLLABORATION; CONTRIBUTORSHIP; SUBAUTHORSHIP;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85032376201     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-01-2017-0012     Document Type: Article

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