Article and journal impact factor in various scientific fields

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-191

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b   Charitidou, Eustratia ^a   Alexiou, Vangelis G ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Research funding; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 40949110644     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318145abb9     Document Type: Article

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