Self-citation rates among medical imaging journals and a possible association with impact factor

Radiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-25

  Kurmis, Timothy P ^a   Kurmis, Andrew P ^b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact factor; Institute of Scientific Information (ISI); Journal citation reports (JCRs); Self citation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 73749084893     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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