Authorship policies of scientific journals

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 199-202

  Resnik, David B ^a   Tyler, Ana M ^b   Black, Jennifer R ^c   Kissling, Grace ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; NATURAL SCIENCE; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIOLOGY; WRITING; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICINE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84960082572     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103171     Document Type: Article

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