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Commentary on ‘Honorary authorship epidemic in scholarly publications? How the current use of citation-based evaluative metrics make (pseudo)honorary authors from honest contributors of every multiauthor article.’
- Correspondence to Dr Melissa S Anderson, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota, 330 Wulling Hall, 86 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; mand{at}umn.edu
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Commentary on ‘Honorary authorship epidemic in scholarly publications? How the current use of citation-based evaluative metrics make (pseudo)honorary authors from honest contributors of every multiauthor article.’
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- First published September 19, 2012.
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July 16, 2013
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