Do neuroscience journals accept replications? A survey of literature

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yeung, Andy W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information science; Journal editorial practices; Literature based discovery; Neuroscience; Replication

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NEUROSCIENCE; PUBLISHING; REPLICATION STUDY; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85032034342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00468     Document Type: Article

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