The bibliographic "impact factor", the total number of citations and related bibliometric indicators: The need to focus on journals of public health and preventive medicine

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-18

  Porta, Miguel ^a   Fernandez, Esteve ^a   Murillo, Janeth ^a   Alguacil, Joan ^a   Copete, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 1542270147     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-0031-4     Document Type: Article

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