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Rank injustice

Nature volume 415, pages 835–836 (2002)Cite this article

The misallocation of credit is endemic in science.

What has rank to do with the process of creative discovery in science? Very little. What has rank to do with the politics of science and the allocation of credit for discoveries? Almost everything.

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