The impact factor of medical journals, a bibliometrical indicator to be handled with care;Le facteur d'impact des revues, un indicateur bibliométrique à manier avec prudence

Presse Medicale

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 775-781

  Ojasoo, Tiiu ^a   Maisonneuve, Hervé ^a   Matillon, Yves ^a  

^a ANAES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CITATION INDEX; CODING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMPACT FACTOR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION; PERIODICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRITING;

BIBLIOMETRICS; FRANCE; LANGUAGE; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; READING;

EID: 17444444585     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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