How citation analysis can monitor the progress of research in clinical medicine

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-333

  Fava, Giovanni A ^a   Guidi, Jenny ^a   Sonino, Nicoletta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING;

EID: 5644231988     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080384     Document Type: Editorial

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