Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , January 2006

Exploring the Relationship Between Impact Factor and Manuscript Rejection Rates in Radiologic Journals1

Received 11 July 2005 ,Revised 10 August 2005 ,Accepted 11 August 2005.

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 The authors would like to offer their sincere thanks to the respective editors of the journals who responded to our study, for their support and willingness to share this potentially-sensitive journal information with us, and also thank statistician Ms. Kylie Lange, of Flinders University (Adelaide, South Australia), for her input in the appropriate selection of statistical methods employed in the analysis of data generated in this study.

PII: S1076-6332(05)00676-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.08.016

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , January 2006

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