Use and mis-use of supplementary material in science publications

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pop, Mihai ^a   Salzberg, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS;

ELECTRONIC MEDIA; INTERACTIVE FEATURES; REVIEW PROCESS; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION;

INFORMATION USE;

PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 84946499553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12859-015-0668-z     Document Type: Editorial

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