How many orthopedic surgeons does it take to write a research article? 50 years of authorship proliferation in and internationalization of the orthopedic surgery literature

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rahman, Luthfur ^a   Muirhead Allwood, Sarah K ^b  

^a London Hip Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; SURGEON; WRITING; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 77955635148     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100526-06     Document Type: Article

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