ICMJE authorship criteria are not met in a substantial proportion of manuscripts submitted to Biochemia Medica

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 324-334

  Šupak Smolčić, Vesna ^a,b,c   Mlinarić, Ana ^d   Antončić, Dragana ^b   Horvat, Martina ^d   Omazić, Jelena ^e   Šimundić, Ana Maria ^a,f  

^a Biochemia Medica   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^e University Hospital Centre Osijek   (Croatia)

^f SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement; Authorship; Editorial practice; Research integrity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS;

AUTHORSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

EID: 84943530217     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2015.033     Document Type: Article

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