The role of international journals in legal/forensic medicine

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Saukko, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; EigenFactor; H index; Impact factor; Peer review

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MARKET; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 67349102292     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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