Risk factors for citation errors in peer-reviewed nursing journals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 223-229

  Lok, Candy K W ^a   Chan, Matthew T V ^b   Martinson, Ida M ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Journal impact factors; Nursing journals; Reference standards; Writing standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035320008     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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