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Publish or perish: the dilatory fate of “in press” papers in contemporary scientific publications

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  • 14 February 2022

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  1. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland

    Talal Almas, Kathryn E. Haley & Norah Alshareef

  2. Neurology & Neurophysiology Center, Postfach 20, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

  3. School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    David Killilea

  4. Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada

    Afnan Hassan

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Almas, T., Finsterer, J., Haley, K.E. et al. Publish or perish: the dilatory fate of “in press” papers in contemporary scientific publications. Ir J Med Sci 192, 511–512 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-02943-w

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