Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Pautasso, Marco ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEWS; SIMPLE++;

CITATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL THINKING; EDITORIAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WRITING;

EID: 84880829652     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003149     Document Type: Editorial

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