Impact factors in nursing journals

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Polit, Denise F ^a,b   Northam, Sally ^c  

^a Humanalysis Inc   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation rate; Communication; Impact factor; Nursing journal; Professional issues; Publishing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; NURSING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78751486079     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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