Trends in the quality of highly cited surgical research over the past 20 years

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 162-167

  Brooke, Benjamin S ^a   Nathan, Hari ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARD; TIME;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58749099478     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819291f9     Document Type: Article

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