Assessing the scientific research productivity of puerto rican cancer researchers: Bibliometric analysis from the science citation index

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Calo, William A ^a   Suárez Balseiro, Carlos ^a   Suárez, Erick ^a   Soto Salgado, Marievelisse ^a   Santiago Rodríguez, Eduardo J ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Cancer research; Puerto Rico; Science citation index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; NEOPLASMS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 77957000870     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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