Evidence for the effectiveness of peer review

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-50

  Fletcher, Robert H ^a   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Editing; Peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012324335     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-997-0015-5     Document Type: Review

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