Editorial: Quality is better than quantity when it comes to publications

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 70-72

  Hunt, Glenn E ^a   Cleary, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING; PUBLISHING;

EID: 77955156055     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03238.x     Document Type: Editorial

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