Press releases and email notices increase local and global visibility of a small medical journal

Learned Publishing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-271

  Sambunjak, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

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EID: 33750516278     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1087/095315106778690724     Document Type: Article

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