What does impact factor depend upon?

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-418

  Roussakis, A G ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Athanasios ^b,c   Balaka, C ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Citation rate; Journal impact factor; Scientific research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WRITING;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

EID: 35248890331     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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