Peer-Review policy and guidelines for Biochemia Medica journal

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-328

  Smolčić, Vesna ŠUpak ^a   Šimundić, Ana Maria ^a  

^a Biochemia Medica   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Editorial policies; Guidelines; Peer review; Publication ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; EDITOR; ETHICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLICATION ETHICS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEWER; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD; HUMAN; STANDARDS;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908145883     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.034     Document Type: Article

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