Association between co-authorship network and scientific productivity and impact indicators in academic medical research centers: A case study in Iran

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yousefi Nooraie, Reza ^a   Akbari Kamrani, Marjan ^a   Hanneman, Robert A ^b   Etemadi, Arash ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 53149139325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-6-9     Document Type: Article

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