How relevant are impact factor and indexation in medline?

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Jafary, Maqbool H ^a   Jawaid, Shaukat Ali ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CITATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33947124474     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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