Strengths and weaknesses of the impact factor of scientific journals;Fortalezas y debilidades del factor de impacto de revistas científicas

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1474-1478

  Zarate B, Víctor ^a   Cerda L, Jaime ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Periodicals; Research support

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILE; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38349158682     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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