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Preserving Confidentiality in the Peer Review Process
Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Joseph P. Thornton, JD

JAMA. 2008;299(16):1956. Published online March 24, 2008.

For the past year or so, JAMA and the Archives of Internal Medicine have been involved in litigation that significantly threatened the integrity of our peer review process. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Welcome to the Natural Sciences wiki!

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Welcome to our new venue for highlighting the best places to find research in the natural sciences.

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