Authorship and characteristics of articles in pharmacy journals: Changes over a 20-year interval

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-363

  Dotson, Bryan ^a,b   McManus, Kevin P ^a   Zhao, Jing J ^a,b   Whittaker, Peter ^c  

^a HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Journal; Pharmacy; Publishing; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHARMACY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952639898     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P610     Document Type: Article

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