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SUBMITTER: Stankovic N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7014575 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stankovic Nikola N Nolan Jerry P JP Andersen Lars W LW
F1000Research 20191105
Academic degrees following author names are often included in medical research papers. However, it remains unclear how many journals choose to include academic degrees and whether this is more common in certain types of journals. We examined the 100 highest impact medical journals and found that only 24 medical journals reported academic degrees. Moreover, this was substantially more common in journals based in North America compared with Europe. Further research is required to explore the impli ...[more]