Development of a practical tool to measure the impact of publications on the society based on focus group discussions with scientists

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a   Dorner, Thomas E ^a   Maier, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHECKLIST; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 79960574457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-588     Document Type: Article

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