Research contribution of different world regions in the top 50 biomedical journals (1995-2002)

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,b   Rosmarakis, Evangelos S ^a   Paraschakis, Konstantinos ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Publications' quality; Research productivity; Top journals; World regions

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CANADA; INCOME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; OCEANIA; PERIODICALS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744465378     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4711lsf     Document Type: Review

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