The actual citation impact of European oncological research

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-236

  López Illescas, Carmen ^a   de Moya Anegón, Félix ^a   Moed, Henk F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Bibliometrics; Biomedical research; Europe; Information Science; Medical oncology; Neoplasms; Periodicals; Research support; Statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; GERMANY; ITALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SWEDEN;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38149040144     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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