Publication prejudices: An experimental study of confirmatory bias in the peer review system

1977/06/01 by M. J. Mahoney, Michael J. Mahoney · 14 citations
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Academic Writing and Publishing #Educational Strategies and Epistemologies #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

paper · doi:10.1007/bf01173636

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Citations

• Patterns of evaluation in science: Institutionalisation, structure and functions of the referee system

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