A bibliometric analysis of research productivity in parasitology by different world regions during a 9-year period (1995-2003)

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Papastamataki, Paraskevi A ^b   Bliziotis, Ioannis A ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b Alfa HealthCare   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARASITOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; TIME;

AFRICA; ASIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645542680     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-56     Document Type: Article

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