Honorary authorship in radiologic research articles: Assessment of frequency and associated factors

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 479-486

  Eisenberg, Ronald L ^a   Ngo, Long ^a   Boiselle, Philip M ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PEER REVIEW; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 79955011694     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11101500     Document Type: Article

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