Incorrect citations give unfair credit to review authors in ecology journals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Teixeira, Mariana C ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Michelan, Thaisa S ^a   Mormul, Roger P ^a   Meurer, Thamis ^a   Fasolli, José Vitor B ^a   Silveira, Márcio J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CITATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY JOURNAL; HUMAN; INCORRECT CITATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING BIAS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

AUTHORSHIP; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PLAGIARISM;

EID: 84892567561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081871     Document Type: Review

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