Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story: An illustration of citation bias in epidemiologic research

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 446-448

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Batty, G David ^a,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d   Virtanen, Marianna ^e   Singh Manoux, Archana ^f   Brunner, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB STRAIN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORK; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPLICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIBLIOMETRICS; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907359993     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu164     Document Type: Letter

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