Impact factors and the law of unintended consequences

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Gottlieb, Laurie N ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER MOBILITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NURSING RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 31144472159     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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