Self-citation in Chinese biomedical journals

Learned Publishing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Liu, Xue Li ^a   Wang W , Mei Ying ^a  

^a XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77950638888     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1087/20100203     Document Type: Article

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