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Libyan Journal of Medicine Volume 9, 2014 - Issue 1

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Why are journals from less-developed countries constrained to low impact factors?

Amin BredanDepartment of Biomedical Molecular BiologyGhent University & VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium

Hani T. S. BenamerNeurology DepartmentNew Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK

Omran BakoushilDepartment of Internal MedicineUAE University, UAE, Department of Nephrology, Lund University, Sweden

Article: 25774 | Published online: 15 Sep 2014

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