Beyond rankings: Using cognitive mapping to understand what health care journals represent

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1192-1204

  Shewchuk, Richard M ^a   O'Connor, Stephen J ^a   Williams, Eric S ^b   Savage, Grant T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive maps; Journal importance; Journal rankings; North America

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 31144451642     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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