Referees' comments on submissions to peer-reviewed journals: when is a suggestion not a suggestion?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-122

  Paltridge, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic publishing; academic writing; discourse analysis; editorial peer review; English for specific purposes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918494878     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.818641     Document Type: Article

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