Retraction of Neurosurgical Publications: A Systematic Review

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 809-814.e1

  Wang, Justin ^a   Ku, Jerry C ^a   Alotaibi, Naif M ^a   Rutka, James T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neurosurgery; Plagiarism; Publications; Research ethics; Retractions

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDLINE; NEUROSURGERY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIST; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

DUPLICATE PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NEUROSURGERY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLAGIARISM; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 85019927275     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.014     Document Type: Review

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