What is submitted and what gets accepted in indian pediatrics: Analysis of submissions, review process, decision making, and criteria for rejection

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 479-489

  Gupta, Piyush ^a,c   Kaur, Geetinder ^a   Sharma, Bhawna ^a   Shah, Dheeraj ^a   Choudhury, Panna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Indian Pediatrics; Journal; Peer review

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745903097     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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