Relationship between quality and editorial leadership of biomedical research journals: A comparative study of Italian and UK journals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Matarese, Valerie ^a  

^a UpTo Infotechnologies ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE; PEER REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GREAT BRITAIN; ITALY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 49749101983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002512     Document Type: Article

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