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Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-4

  Rossner, Mike ^a   Van Epps, Heather ^b   Hill, Emma ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38049046181     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709940     Document Type: Editorial

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