Bibliometrics, citation indexing, and the journals of nursing

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Hazelton, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation indexing; Impact factors; Nursing research; Publishing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING JOURNAL; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 56049091270     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Review

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