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Comment
. 2017 Dec 19;8(6):e02019-17.
doi: 10.1128/mBio.02019-17.

Are the Editors Responsible for Our Obsession with the Impact Factor?

Juan Carlos Argüelles  1 , Raquel Argüelles-Prieto  2
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Are the Editors Responsible for Our Obsession with the Impact Factor?

Juan Carlos Argüelles et al. mBio. .
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Keywords: editors; impact factor; scientific publication.

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