Prejudice, Interests, Jealousy: Inappropriate Peer Reviewers May Be Exacerbating Inequality in Academic Publication in Health Research

Overview

Journal J Korean Med Sci

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Aug 22

PMID 37605495

Authors

Xiaojing Hu

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