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Barbara J Bain1, Tim J Littlewood2, Richard M Szydlo3
1Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract:
Writing scientific papers is a skill required by all haematologists. Many also need to be able to referee papers submitted to journals. These skills are not often formally taught and as a result may not be done well. We have reviewed published evidence of errors in these processes. Such errors may be ethical, scientific or linguistic, or may result from a lack of understanding of the processes. The objective of the review is, by highlighting errors, to help writers and referees to avoid them.
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