A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in environmental biology

PLoS Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Espin, Johanna ^a   Palmas, Sebastian ^a   Carrasco Rueda, Farah ^a   Riemer, Kristina ^a   Allen, Pablo E ^a   Berkebile, Nathan ^a   Hecht, Kirsten A ^a,b   Kastner Wilcox, Kay ^a   Núñez Regueiro, Mauricio M ^a   Prince, Candice ^a   Rios, Constanza ^a   Ross, Erica ^a   Sangha, Bhagatveer ^a   Tyler, Tia ^a   Ungvari Martin, Judit ^a,b,c   Villegas, Mariana ^a   Cataldo, Tara T ^a   Bruna, Emilio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNTRY ECONOMIC STATUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; EDITOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLISHING;

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85038376029     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002760     Document Type: Article

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