A scientometric analysis of health and population research in South Asia: Focus on two research organizations

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Mahbuba, Dilruba ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c,d   Srivastava, Divya ^e  

^a ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Citation studies; H index; Publication productivity; Research impact; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650289253     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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