We read spam a lot: Prospective cohort study of unsolicited and unwanted academic invitations

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 355, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Grey, Andrew ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^a   Dalbeth, Nicola ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Sadler, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC SPAM; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85006476258     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5383     Document Type: Article

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