The use and abuse of impact factors

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-283

  Marks Jr , Sandy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0037261298     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10139     Document Type: Letter

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