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Methods Inf Med 2016; 55(04): 301-302
DOI: 10.3414/ME16-03-0001
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Extracting Oneself from the Citation-stacking Bear Trap

Simon de Lusignan
1   Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Anne Moen
2   Institute for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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received: 08 July 2016

accepted in revised form: 08 July 2016

Publication Date:
08 January 2018 (online)

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