Does Open Access in Ophthalmology Affect How Articles Are Subsequently Cited in Research?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1425-1431

  Lansingh, Van C ^a,b,c   Carter, Marissa J ^d  

^a FUNDACIÓN VISIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b Fundacion Hugo Nano   (Argentina)

^c IAPB   (Argentina)

^d Strategic Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPE; FUNDING; GLAUCOMA; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REFRACTION ERROR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67949097320     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.052     Document Type: Article

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