Status of retraction notices for biomedical publications associated with research misconduct

Research Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 1-5

  Drimer Batca, Daniel ^a   Iaccarino, Jonathan M ^a   Fine, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

author responsibilities; misconduct; publication policy; Retractions; scientific record

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059642666     PISSN: 17470161     EISSN: 20476094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747016118820496     Document Type: Article

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