An author's guide to publication ethics: A review of emerging standards in biomedical journals

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 578-589

  Roberts, Jason ^a  

^a Headache Editorial Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Misconduct; Peer review; Publication ethics; Transparency

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; WRITING;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 63149123014     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01379.x     Document Type: Review

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