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Lies, damned lies… and citation metrics
  1. Matthew C Kiernan
  1. Correspondence to Professor Matthew C Kiernan, Neuroscience Research Australia and University of New South Wales, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031, Australia; M.kiernan{at}unsw.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-304488

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