International trends in psychiatric research. A citation analysis

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Fava, Giovanni A ^a   Ottolini, Fedra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Conflict of interests; Impact factor; National trends; Publications

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 3042722101     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000133831.04049.32     Document Type: Review

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