Quotation accuracy in medical journal articles-A systematic review and meta-analysis

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Jergas, Hannah ^a   Baethge, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Deutsches rzteblatt and Deutsches rzteblatt International   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliography; Citations; Impact factor; Journalology; Medical journals; Meta analysis; Quotation accuracy; References; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84946206296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1364     Document Type: Article

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