The ups and downs of journal impact factors

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Ogden, Trevor L ^a   Bartley, David L ^b  

^a British Occupational Hygiene Society   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Journal impact factor; Journal quality; Research assessment

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CITATION ANALYSIS; EDITOR; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH ETHICS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

EID: 44849134596     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men002     Document Type: Note

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