Manuscript rejection in ophthalmology and visual science journals: Identifying and avoiding the common pitfalls

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 864-867

  Wyness, Tami ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a   Patel, Dipika V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Journal; Manuscript; Ophthalmology; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLAGIARISM; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 73649091780     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02190.x     Document Type: Article

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