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Unaffiliated Researchers: A Preliminary Study

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  • ElHassan ElSabry

    (Science, Technology & Innovation Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan)

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This paper aims to explore the apparently rising trend of unaffiliated researchers. It does so by analyzing a set of scholarly publications where the authors state “independent researcher” in place of their affiliation. Some of the characteristics of this set are explained along with directions on how to expand research on this topic.

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  • ElHassan ElSabry, 2017. "Unaffiliated Researchers: A Preliminary Study," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-5, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:8:y:2017:i:2:p:20-:d:108677
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    1. Russell J. Gray, 2020. "Sorry, we’re open: Golden open-access and inequality in non-human biological sciences," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(2), pages 1663-1675, August.

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