The Philosophical Basis of Peer Review and the Suppression of Innovation

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1438-1441

  Horrobin, David F ^a  

^a Efamol Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

PEER REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT;

EID: 0025015169     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440100162024     Document Type: Article

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