How to reject any scientific manuscript

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-243

  Gernert, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cases of misjudgement; Misuse of the term "pseudoscience"; Patterns of unjustified rejection; Peer reviews; Proposals to improve refereeing

Indexed keywords

PEER REVIEWS; RECURRENT PATTERNS;

EID: 46149121504     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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