Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: Encouraging gender analyses in scholarly publications

European Science Editing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 104-105

  Curno, Mirjam J ^a   Heidari, Shirin ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Editorial policies; Editors' role; Gender analysis; Peer reviewers; Publishers' responsibility; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455200659     PISSN: 02583127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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