Prevalence and types of misrepresentation of publication record by pathology residency applicants

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 979-982

  Kaley, Jennifer Raible ^a   Bornhorst, Joshua ^a,b   Wiggins, Michael ^a   Yared, Marwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECEPTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB APPLICATION; PATHOLOGY; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879629985     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0253-OA     Document Type: Article

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