Gender inequalities among authors who contributed equally

eLife

Volumn 8, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Broderick, Nichole A ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER INEQUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THERAPY; BIBLIOMETRICS; ETHICS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85060786301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.36399     Document Type: Article

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