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  1. Department of Sociology, Washington State University, 99164, Pullman, Washington, USA

    J. S. Long

  2. Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, N. Y., USA

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Long, J.S., McGinnis, R. On adjusting productivity measures for multiple authorship. Scientometrics 4, 379–387 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02135123

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