Does the journal peer review select the "Best" from the work submitted the state of empirical research

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-96

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Editorial decision; Journal peer review; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PEER-REVIEW PROCESS;

EID: 77949893570     PISSN: 02564602     EISSN: 09745971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4602.60162     Document Type: Review

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