Scientific output of Iran at the threshold of the 21st century

Scientometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Moin, Mostafa ^a,b   Mahmoudi, Maryam ^a   Rezaei, Nima ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 15544372880     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-005-0017-5     Document Type: Review

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