A novel rubric for rating the quality of retraction notices

Publications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-26

  Bilbrey, Emma ^a   O’dell, Natalie ^a   Creamer, Jonathan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Research ethics; Research misconduct; Scientific retraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914118462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23046775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/publications2010014     Document Type: Article

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