Web Citations in the Nursing Literature: How Accurate Are They?

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Oermann, Marilyn H ^a   Nordstrom, Cheryl K ^b   Ineson, Vicki ^b   Wilmes, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Nursing literature; References; Web citation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIBLIOMETRICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NURSING RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56149104357     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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