The presence of "ghost" citations in an applicant pool of an integrated plastic surgery residency program

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1390-1394

  Larson, Jeffrey D ^b   Sisolak, Barbara Benisch ^b   King, Timothy W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PUBLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SURGERY, PLASTIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77958536968     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ead0d1     Document Type: Article

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