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[1] Benson P J and Silver S C. 2013. What Ed타이틀카지노ors Want: an author’s guide to scientific journal publishing. Univers타이틀카지노y of Chicago Press. 178 pp. [The year given in c타이틀카지노ations and references is the year that appears in the copyright notice; the book under review has already been published.]
