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Evaluation criteria for publishing in top-tier journals in environmental health sciences and toxicology.

Environ Health Perspect · 2011 · PMC3222983 · PMID 21414890

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highly significantno p-value reported
Papers are often rejected because the authors overinterpret their results, attributing causality where there is only association or discussing trends as if they were profound and highly significant findings.

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