How to reply to referees’ comments when submitting manuscripts for publication

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How to reply to referees’ comments when submitting manuscripts for publication

Background: The publication of articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals is a fairly complex and stepwise process that involves responding to referees’ comments. Little guidance is available in the biomedical literature on how to deal with such comments. Objective: The objective of this article...

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Main Author:	Williams, Hywel C.
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2004
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/859/

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