Retracted science and the retraction index

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3855-3859

  Fang, Ferric C ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ERROR; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; RETRACTION INDEX; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PLAGIARISM; PUBLISHING; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 80855164967     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05661-11     Document Type: Editorial

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