A systematic examination of the citation of prior research in reports of randomized, controlled trials

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Robinson, Karen A ^a   Goodman, Steven N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79551611126     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00007     Document Type: Article

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