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01-12-2021 | Editorial

Does listing of individual contributions in “Mega-Authorship” papers always follow best practice guidelines?

Authors: Roger W. Byard, Robert Vink

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 4/2021

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“There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

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Title: Does listing of individual contributions in “Mega-Authorship” papers always follow best practice guidelines?
Authors: Roger W. Byard
Robert Vink
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00388-8

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