The fate of manuscripts rejected by a general medical journal

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Ray, Joel ^a,b   Berkwits, Michael ^a,c   Davidoff, Frank ^a  

^a Annals of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; WRITING;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANUSCRIPTS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034254085     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00450-2     Document Type: Article

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