Ethical concerns in the rise of co-authorship and its role as a proxy of research collaborations

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Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Kumar, Sameer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

APA; Co authorship; Ethics; ICMJE; Research collaborations; Scholarly publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058689842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23046775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/publications6030037     Document Type: Article

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