On judgment, impact factor and feelings: What can we learn from the impact factor?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-345

  Fatovic Ferencic, Stella ^a  

^a CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROATIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS;

EID: 2642525094     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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