Journal impact factor: Uses and misuses

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-454

  Habibzadeh, Farrokh ^a,b  

^a Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b NIOC Medical Education and Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING;

EID: 48449105531     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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