A survey of biomedical journals to detect editorial bias and nepotistic behavior.

Scanff A, Naudet F, Cristea IA, Moher D, Bishop DVM, Locher C

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001133
Published: 2021 Nov
Container: PLoS biology
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001133,
  title = {A survey of biomedical journals to detect editorial bias and nepotistic behavior.},
  author = {Scanff A and Naudet F and Cristea IA and Moher D and Bishop DVM and Locher C},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {PLoS biology},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3001133},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001133}
}

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AU  - Cristea IA
AU  - Moher D
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APA

A, S., F, N., IA, C., D, M., DVM, B., & C, L. (2021). A survey of biomedical journals to detect editorial bias and nepotistic behavior.. PLoS biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001133

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