Medical journal editors lacked familiarity with scientific publication issues despite training and regular exposure

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-252

  Wong, Victoria S S ^a   Callaham, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Conflict of interest; Editorial policies; Journalism; Medical; Peer review; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 84855990021     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.08.003     Document Type: Review

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