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Communication problems in interdisciplinary research

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Communication in interdisciplinary research ranges from communication between collaborators with different interests and vocabularies, through presenting published conclusions in a form comprehensible to all potential users, to choice of a publication vehicle and facilitating information retrieval.

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Savile, D.B.O. Communication problems in interdisciplinary research. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 93, 223–230 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053078

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