Journals: impact factors are too highly valued
β Scribed by Davies, Jamie
- Book ID
- 109804708
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 421
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/421210a
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