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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Published in: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Editorial

Is an individual journal article a tiger or a fox?

Author: Seong-Gon Kim

Published in: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Issue 1/2019

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In Asian folklore, there is a story about a fox and a tiger. The fox told the tiger that the fox was a king. To prove this, the fox said he would stroll in the forest and the tiger must stay behind him. Many animals ran away when they saw the tiger behind the fox. The tiger thought they ran because of the fox. This story indicates that the fox behaved like the tiger by borrowing the tiger’s identity. This is analogous to the publication of scientific articles because of errant governmental policies. …
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Title
Is an individual journal article a tiger or a fox?
Author
Seong-Gon Kim
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 2288-8586
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40902-018-0186-9

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