Reading factor: A new bibliometric criterion for managing digital libraries

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-327

  Darmoni, Stefan J ^d   Roussel, Francis ^a   Benichou, Jacques ^d   Thirion, Benoit ^b   Pinhas, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMPACT FACTOR; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; RATING SCALE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBRARY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIBLIOMETRICS; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERIODICALS;

EID: 0036635131     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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