The ethics of peer and editorial requests for self-citation of their work and journal

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 181-183

  Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citation manipulation; Journal impact factor (JIF); References; Self citation; Unrelated or inappropriate

Indexed keywords

EDITOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 85014526045     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: 22134743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2016.11.008     Document Type: Review

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