Value of citation numbers and impact factors for analysis of plastic surgery research

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2082-2091

  Loonen, Martijn P J ^b   Hage, J Joris ^a   Kon, Moshe ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBMED; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349104610     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000295971.84297.b7     Document Type: Article

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