Cataract and refractive surgery: Reflecting on journal impact factors and influence

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1849-1850

  McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; EDITORIAL; KERATOMILEUSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 28844498677     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.10.018     Document Type: Editorial

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