The impact factor-based quality assessment of biomedical research institutes in Iran: Effect of impact factor normalization by subject

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Rezaei Ghaleh, Nasrollah ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Iranian universities; Journal impact factor; Quality assessment; Subject normalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IRAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCISEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; HUMANS; IRAN; PERIODICALS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34247616763     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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