Abstract
Time trends suggest that technology diffusion has speeded up during the last 30 years, although there is still a lag of several years before medical citations begin to accrue. Journals should expect to see more articles using increasingly sophisticated methods. Medical journals may need to modify reviewing procedures to deal with articles using these complex new methods.
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MedicineMedical literatureStatistical analysisMedical researchMEDLINEData scienceStatisticsComputer sciencePathology
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- 1994
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 272
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 129-129
- Citations
- 94
- Access
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Douglas G. Altman
(1994).
Transfer of Technology From Statistical Journals to the Biomedical Literature.
JAMA
, 272
(2)
, 129-129.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1994.03520020055015
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- 10.1001/jama.1994.03520020055015