How to Build a Scientific Publishing Career Based on Hundreds of Letters-tothe-Editor: "The Art of Loss" 1

Letters-to-the-editor represent an important characteristic of scientific interchange especially because the initial peer-review may not fulfill the qualitative control of a manuscript. On the other hand, it is well known that such publications are accepted easier than regular ones and may be a gate...

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Published in:	Accountability in research Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 247
Main Authors:	Neghina, Raul, Neghina, Adriana M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 01-07-2011
Subjects:	Careers Literature Peer review Writers
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Summary:	Letters-to-the-editor represent an important characteristic of scientific interchange especially because the initial peer-review may not fulfill the qualitative control of a manuscript. On the other hand, it is well known that such publications are accepted easier than regular ones and may be a gateway for authors without outstanding scientific merits to input their names in high impact factor journals. A letter-to-the-editor (intended as a commentary to one of our works) allowed us to discover a very peculiar and unexpected fact for the medical literature, worthy to be shared with the worldwide scientific community. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:	0898-9621 1545-5815