Journal impact factors do not equitably reflect academic staff performance in different medical subspecialties

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 531-536

  Epstein, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Bibliometrics; Medical journals

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONCOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHER; ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

EID: 12144252910     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jim-52-08-25     Document Type: Article

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