The H-index as a quantitative indicator of the relative impact of human diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  McIntyre, K Marie ^a   Hawkes, Iain ^a   Waret Szkuta, Agnès ^b   Morand, Serge ^b,c   Baylis, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FUNGUS; H INDEX; HELMINTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTOZOON; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICKETTSIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TAXONOMY; VIRUS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79956273733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019558     Document Type: Article

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