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Give south Indian authors their true names

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Your recent News Feature 'Identity crisis' (Nature 451, 766–767; 2008) reveals that many Chinese, Japanese and Korean researchers do not receive due credit for their work, owing to inconsistent abbreviation practices and journal requirements regarding names. Many other Asian scientists face similar problems.

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    Nalini Puniamoorthy, Jeevananthinee Jeevanandam & Sujatha Narayanan Kutty

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Puniamoorthy, N., Jeevanandam, J. & Narayanan Kutty, S. Give south Indian authors their true names. Nature 452, 530 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452530d

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