Why do you think you should be the author on this manuscript? Analysis of open-ended responses of authors in a general medical journal

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Malički, Mario ^a   Jerončić, Ana ^a   Marušić, Matko ^a   Marušić, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Authorship; Contribution disclosure form; Croatia; Editorial policies; Guideline adherence; International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872981438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-189     Document Type: Article

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