Accelerating scientific publication in biology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13439-13446

  Vale, Ronald D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arxiv; Career advancement; Journals; Phd training; Scientific publication

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FUNDING; GRADUATE STUDENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946606295     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511912112     Document Type: Article

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