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The role of letters in reviewing research
EDITOR, - R S Bhopal and Alison Tonks have pointed out that the potential of material on the correspondence pages remains underdeveloped and undervalued.1 An editorial by Charlton published in Anaesthesia included some letters to the editor without making any reference to those letters or their authors.2 Charlton had been advised by the journal's editor that "it would not be normal to refer to the correspondence when referencing an editorial about a topic of major interest" (personal communication.) It is perplexing that recommendations published in correspondence can be used but their authors not credited. It is high time for the editors of the leading international scientific journals to formulate guidance for authors of articles and editorials so that they cite published correspondence when they use the message contained in such letters.
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