The journal impact factor: Don't expect its demise any time soon

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1319-1324

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commentary; Impact factor; Journal quality

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 73349130445     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.328     Document Type: Note

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