The role of the journal impact factor: Choosing the optimal source of peer-reviewed plastic surgery information

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2495-2498

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a,b   Sullivan, Daniel ^a  

^a HD1544 ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; BIBLIOMETRICS; STANDARD;

BIBLIOMETRICS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 33745429415     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000201219.41766.f0     Document Type: Editorial

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