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Medical journal publishing: one culture or several?
Author(s) -
Albert Tim,
Williamson Alex
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315102760319260
Subject(s) - publishing , homogeneous , homogeneity (statistics) , psychology , set (abstract data type) , medical education , medicine , computer science , political science , mathematics , law , programming language , combinatorics , machine learning
Medical publishing uses the skills of people from a wide range of backgrounds. In this study we set out to examine their attitudes and assess the degree of homogeneity. We gathered questionnaire responses from selected editors and medical reviewers and found that, on the whole, there was a homogeneous culture, though there were some significant differences. This has important implications for managers and trainers.