Bibliometric analysis of complementary and alternative medicine research over three decades

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 617-626

  Fu, Jun Ying ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Zhao, Yun Hua ^a   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^b   Chen, Dar Zen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Bibliometric analysis; CAM; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959628572     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0391-0     Document Type: Article

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