Research on social work practice: A bibliometric evaluation of the first decade

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Holden, Gary ^a   Rosenberg, Gary ^b   Barker, Kathleen ^c   Lioi, Justin ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Practice evaluation; Program evaluation; Publication; Scholarship; Social work journals; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149114080     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509332877     Document Type: Article

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