Normalized impact factor (NIF): An adjusted method for calculating the citation rate of biomedical journals

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-220

  Owlia, P ^a,b   Vasei, M ^c   Goliaei, B ^c   Nassiri, I ^c  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomedical sciences; Citation; Impact factor; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL; BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; CITATION; CONSTANT FACTORS; IMPACT FACTOR; NORMALIZATION PROCESS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTOMETRICS; SIMPLE METHOD;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PUBLISHING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMALIZED IMPACT FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; VALIDITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 79952749501     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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