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Accountability in Research
Ethics, Integrity and Policy
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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor: On plurality and authorship in science

Bor Luen TangNUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Research Compliance and Integrity Office, National University of Singapore, Singapore;Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 254-258 | Published online: 05 Apr 2018

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