Consensus and Scientific Classification

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Consensus and Scientific Classification. / Sterner, Beckett; Sen, Atriya ; Witteveen, Joeri.

In: Knowledge Organization, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2022, p. 236-256.

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Sterner, B, Sen, A & Witteveen, J 2022, 'Consensus and Scientific Classification', Knowledge Organization, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 236-256. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2022-4-236

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Sterner, B., Sen, A., & Witteveen, J. (2022). Consensus and Scientific Classification. Knowledge Organization, 49(4), 236-256. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2022-4-236

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Sterner B, Sen A, Witteveen J. Consensus and Scientific Classification. Knowledge Organization. 2022;49(4):236-256. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2022-4-236

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Sterner, Beckett ; Sen, Atriya ; Witteveen, Joeri. / Consensus and Scientific Classification. In: Knowledge Organization. 2022 ; Vol. 49, No. 4. pp. 236-256.

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