Scientific publication productivity of Libyan medical schools: A bibliometric study of papers listed in PubMed, 1988-2007

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Benamer, H T S ^a   Bredan, A ^b   Bakoush, O ^c  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedical Publications; Libya; Medical schools; Medline; PubMed; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 73349110367     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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