The h index and the identification of global benchmarks for breast cancer research output

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 845-851

  Healy, N A ^a   Glynn, R W ^a   Scutaru, Cristian ^b   Groneberg, David ^c   Kerin, M J ^a   Sweeney, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast surgeon; h Index; Research output

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; H INDEX; IRELAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB BROWSER; WRITING;

BENCHMARKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 79958249413     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1436-z     Document Type: Article

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