Editors' malpractice: Forward submitted letters (to the concerned authors), then reject them

Accountability in Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 331-333

  Rivera, Horacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Editorial misconduct; Peer review; Publication ethics

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; LETTER; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; WRITING;

CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT;

EID: 70449336787     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620903328642     Document Type: Letter

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