Over-Analysis of Minimal Data gives Misleading Conclusions: Response to Article by Benedetti-Pinto et al

Benedetti-Pinto et al have raised an interesting and current topic and report observations of possible associations between average h-indices of the editorial boards of plastic surgery journals and the impact factors of their journals1. However, whilst their analysis was valid, their conclusions were badly overstated, in light of the severe limitations of the data.

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