The relationship between the research activity of Iranian medical universities and their web impact factor

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1026-1043

  Asadi, Maryam ^a   Shekofteh, Maryam ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Medical schools; Research; Students; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649102729     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470911004101     Document Type: Article

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