Hirsch index and truth survival in clinical research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Poynard, Thierry ^a   Thabut, Dominique ^a   Munteanu, Mona ^b   Ratziu, Vlad ^a   Benhamou, Yves ^a   Deckmyn, Olivier ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Biopredictive   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HIRSCH INDEX; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TRUTH SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLICATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957775847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012044     Document Type: Article

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