Exploring researchers’ perspectives on authorship decision making

Medical Education

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 1253-1262

  Maggio, Lauren A ^a   Artino, Anthony R ^a   Watling, Christopher J ^b   Driessen, Erik W ^c   O'Brien, Bridget C ^d  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHADE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIGNETTE; WRITING; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85071423587     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.13950     Document Type: Article

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