Environments for nursing scholarship and journal impact factor in five countries

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-351

  Ketefian, S ^a   Dai, Y T ^b   Hanucharurnkul, S ^c   Mendes, I A C ^d   Norman, I J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environments for Nursing Scholarship; Impact factor; Nursing science; Publications; Taiwan; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIA; FACULTY, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 77955725491     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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