Impact factor: A valid measure of journal quality?

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-46

  Saha, Somnath ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037254787     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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