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How to counter undeserving authorship

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|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.395 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 25, 2017
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2018
Published on: Feb 22, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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