Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-72

  Gasparyan, Armen Yuri ^a   Ayvazyan, Lilit ^b   Akazhanov, Nurbek A ^c   Kitas, George D ^a,d  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^c ASFENDIYAROV KAZAKH NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY; EDITOR; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DUPLICATE PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBMED; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SERIAL PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 84895826695     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.61     Document Type: Article

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