The impact factor ranking - A challenge for scientists and publishers

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Rieder, Simon ^a   Bruse, Charlotte S ^a   Michalski, Christoph W ^a   Kleeff, Jörg ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Impact factor; Quality assessment; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SURGERY; ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

GENERAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955866904     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0623-4     Document Type: Review

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