Impact factor - A pandora's box

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 499-

  Saleem, Taimur ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; FUNDING; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR;

EID: 67651177633     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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