Avoiding currently unavoidable conflicts of interest in medical publishing by transparent peer review

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 411-415

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a  

^a The Center for Human Reproduction New York and the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict of interest; editors; impact factor; medical publishing; peer review; transparency

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDITOR; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 84877034861     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.01.015     Document Type: Note

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