Important factors when interpreting bibliometric rankings of world universities: An example from oncology

Research Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-81

  Calero Medina, Clara ^a   López Illescas, Carmen ^b   Visser, Martijn S ^a   Moed, Henk F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 43149097837     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820208X280907     Document Type: Article

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