Stress testing journals: a quasi-experimental study of rejection rates of a previously published paper

Abstract Background When a journal receives a duplicate publication, the ability to identify the submitted work as previously published, and reject it, is an assay to publication ethics best practices. The aim of this study was to evaluate how three different types of journals, namely open access (O...

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Main Authors: Kelly D. Cobey, Danielle B. Rice, Manoj M. Lalu, Daniel Abramowitz, Nadera Ahmadzai, Heather Cunningham, Ana Patricia Ayala, Hana Raffoul, Faizan Khan, Larissa Shamseer, David Moher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01550-9