Positive Outcomes Influence the Rate and Time to Publication, but Not the Impact Factor of Publications of Clinical Trial Results

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Suñé, Pilar ^a   Suñé, Josep Maria ^b   Montoro, J Bruno ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG LABELING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SURVIVAL TIME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873818486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054583     Document Type: Article

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