Proposing a manuscript peer-review checklist
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Proposing a manuscript peer-review checklist
BACKGROUND In the Internet-able era, reviewers are faced with an increased number of manuscripts and decreased time to review. In order to maintain the same, if not higher level of quality in the peer-review process, a net gain in productivity is required. Our goal is to present a manuscript peer-review checklist to help reviewers achieve this secondary yet critical task in a more systematic fa...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroImage
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1053-8119
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.065