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GUEST COMMENTARY Descriptive Science
The Instructions to Authors for Infection and Immunity state that “IAI will not consider papers that are . . . purely descriptive” (3). When applied to science, the word “descriptive” has acquired dismissive or pejorative connotations and is frequently provided as justification for rejection of a manuscript or grant application. Given the widespread use of this adjective and its profound implic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Microbe Magazine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1558-7452,1558-7460
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.3.552.1