Trends in health sciences library and information science research: An analysis of research publications in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association and Journal of the Medical Library Association from 1991 to 2007

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-211

  Gore, Sally A ^a   Nordberg, Judith M ^a   Palmer, Lisa A ^b   Piorun, Mary E ^b  

^a Education and Research Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

BIBLIOMETRICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES;

EID: 67749143946     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.3.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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