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On being the Editor of the Medical Journal of Australia: Living dangerously

Editorial independence is crucial for the viability of a journal and editors have many masters – the public, the readers, the authors and the owners. Negotiating the resultant minefield requires a purposeful and independent stance. This is particularly so in instances of a relatively modern phenomen...

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Autor principal: Van Der Weyden, Martin B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22654390
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.91295
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Sumario:Editorial independence is crucial for the viability of a journal and editors have many masters – the public, the readers, the authors and the owners. Negotiating the resultant minefield requires a purposeful and independent stance. This is particularly so in instances of a relatively modern phenomenon: concerted attempts by clinical groups to influence, or even abort, publication of articles, which may threaten their practice. Moreover, modern social media facilitates this manipulation.