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Being influential or being misleading? Citation bias in psychiatric research and practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2018

A. Fiorillo ,
M. Luciano  and
G. Sampogna
A. Fiorillo*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy
M. Luciano
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy
G. Sampogna
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy
*
*Address for correspondence: Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy. (Email: andrea.fiorillo@unicampania.it)
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 242 - 243
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