Effect of Institutional Prestige on Reviewers' Recommendations and Editorial Decisions

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 137-138

  Garfunkel, Joseph M ^a   Ulshen, Martin H ^a   Hamrick, Harvey J ^a   Lawson, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0028306866     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520020063017     Document Type: Article

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