Underrecognition of pathologist contributions to articles published in a major multidisciplinary medical journal

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-497

  Franko, Angela D ^a   Wright, James R ^a,b   Trotter, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authorship criteria; Intellectual content; Multidisciplinary medical journal; Pathologist; Radiologist; Uniform requirements for manuscripts (URM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; ULTRASOUND; WRITING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 84866976072     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPXSKDA3AQHLLI     Document Type: Article

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