Credit, copyright, and the circulation of scientific knowledge: The Royal society in the long nineteenth century

Victorian Periodicals Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 597-615

  Fyfe, Aileen ^a   McDougall Waters, Julie ^a   Moxham, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85064656794     PISSN: 07094698     EISSN: 1712526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/vpr.2018.0045     Document Type: Review

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