Has open data arrived at the British Medical Journal (BMJ)? An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Rowhani Farid, Anisa ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; E-MAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANT LEAF; SCIENTIST; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COOPERATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLICATION; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84991710954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011784     Document Type: Article

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