Who is afraid of reviewers' comments? Or, why anything can be published and anything can be cited

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-287

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b,c   Tatsioni, Athina ^a,b   Karassa, Fotini B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITOR; EDITORIAL; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 77949703802     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02272.x     Document Type: Editorial

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