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The road to ACM fellowship: Examining collaboration patterns and disparities Cover

The road to ACM fellowship: Examining collaboration patterns and disparities

By: Fan Jiang,  Tongxin Pan,  Jue Wang and  Yifang Ma  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0044 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 411 - 420
Submitted on: Apr 22, 2025
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Accepted on: Aug 13, 2025
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Published on: Jun 22, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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