doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000355.
Editors, publishers, impact factors, and reprint income
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Editors, publishers, impact factors, and reprint income
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Abstract
Harvey Marcovitch discusses new research findings from Andreas Lundh and colleagues that examined the effect of publishing industry-funded clinical trials on journal citations and reprint income at six major medical journals.
Conflict of interest statement
The author declares no competing financial interests. He is employed by BMJ Publishing Group as a freelance associate editor. He is a director of the Council of Science Editors. The views expressed in this paper are his own.
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