Quality and impact of occupational therapy journals: Authors' perspectives

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-184

  Rodger, Sylvia ^a   Mckenna, Kryss ^a   Brown, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Allied health literature; Occupational therapy research; Peer review; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548532517     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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