What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science

Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi; Marie C. Heffern; Shanina Sanders Johnson; Steven D. Townsend

doi:10.1021/acscentsci.0c00905

What Comes Next? Simple Practices to Improve Diversity in Science

Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi, Marie C. Heffern, Shanina Sanders Johnson, Steven D. Townsend

Chemistry

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1231-1240
Number of pages	10
Journal	ACS Central Science
Volume	6
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c00905
State	Published - Aug 26 2020

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