Mistakes encountered in manuscripts on education and their effects on journal rejections

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1837-1853

  Celik, Embiya ^a   Gedik, Nuray ^b   Karaman, Güler ^a   Demirel, Turgay ^a   Goktas, Yuksel ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Manuscript review; Manuscript review process; Mistakes in education manuscripts; Reasons for manuscript rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897573675     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1137-y     Document Type: Article

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