Getting your paper to the right journal: A case study of an academic paper

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 506-511

  Van Teijlingen, Edwin ^a   Hundley, Vanora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic papers; Dissemination; Impact factors; Periodicals; Research methods; Status; Writing, publications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; WRITING;

PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 0036516061     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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