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Preferential publication of editorial board members in medical specialty journals
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- Published on: 27 April 2009
- Published on: 27 April 2009Preferential Publication of Editorial Board Members in Biomedical JournalsShow More
Dear Editor,
I read with interest the article by Luty et al. (1) about the retrospective survey they conducted to determine whether medical specialty journals were more likely to publish the research of their own editorial board members or the research of editorial board members of rival journals. I was surprised about the high degree (i.e., almost three times more likely) to which these cases occur.
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