The journal impact factor: How to interpret its true value and importance

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Grzybowski, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b City Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Journal impact factor; Parametrization of science; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; LIBRARY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCISEARCH; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW; STANDARD;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING;

EID: 63449128747     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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