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Beyond authorship: Analyzing contributions in PLOS ONE and the challenges of appropriate attribution

Journal of Data and Information Science
Volume 9 (2024): Issue 3 (June 2024)
By: Abdelghani Maddi and  Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva  
Open Access
|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2024-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
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Language: English
Page range: 88 - 115
Submitted on: Jan 30, 2024
Accepted on: May 20, 2024
Published on: May 31, 2024
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Authorship,
Funding acquisition,
Research integrity,
Author contributions,
CRediT,
Inappropriate authorship,
APC ring
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Information technology,
Project management,
Databases and data mining

© 2024 Abdelghani Maddi, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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