Bureaucrats, researchers, editors, and the impact factor - a vicious circle that is detrimental to science

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 937-940

  Metze, Konradin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAZIL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 78649797198     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010001000002     Document Type: Article

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