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Does a Graphical Abstract Bring More Visibility to Your Paper?

A graphical abstract (GA) represents a piece of artwork that is intended to summarize the main findings of an article for readers at a single glance. Many publishers currently encourage authors to supplement their articles with GAs, in the hope that such a convenient visual summary will facilitate r...

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Published in:	Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2016-09, Vol.21 (9), p.1247
Main Authors:	Pferschy-Wenzig, Eva-Maria, Pferschy, Ulrich, Wang, Dongdong, Mocan, Andrei, Atanasov, Atanas G
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