Ghostwriting policies in high-impact biomedical journals: A cross-sectional study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 920-921

  Bosch, Xavier ^a   Hernández, Cristina ^a   Pericas, Juan M ^a   Doti, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GHOSTWRITING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84878514769     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.339     Document Type: Article

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